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topazion
Greek · ancient
"a yellow gemstone"
possibly named for an island in the Red Sea where a yellow stone was mined
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topaze
Old French · medieval
"a yellow precious gemstone"
carried through Latin into French gemstone vocabulary
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topaz
English · 1300s
"a golden-yellow precious gemstone"
settled as the English word for the golden-yellow gemstone
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