Sapphire Definition
A type of South American hummingbird.
Other Word Forms of Sapphire
Noun
Origin of Sapphire
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Old French saphir, from Latin sapphirus, from Ancient Greek ἡ σάπφειρος (hÄ“ sáppheiros, “precious stone, gem") (2nd decl.; transliterated /sápfiros/ in Biblos - Strong's Greek, entry 4552, sometimes spelt σάμφειρος in Griechisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch or unusually hyphened as σάπ-φειρος by Leander van Ess in "HÄ“ palaia diathÄ“kÄ“ kata tous hebdomÄ“konta" published in 1835), from a Semitic language (compare Hebrew סַפִּיר (sappir) (cf. Strong's Concordance: entry 5601, probably ultimately from a non-Semitic source such as Sanskrit शनिप्रिय (Å›anipriya, “dear to Saturn") and dark-coloured stone (cf. Sanskrit Dictionary for Spoken Sanskrit).
From Wiktionary
Middle English saphir from Old French safir from Latin sapphīrus from Greek sappheiros of Semitic origin Hebrew sappîr a precious stone
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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