Emery meaning
A fine-grained impure corundum used for grinding and polishing.
noun
A dark, impure, coarse variety of corundum used for grinding, polishing, etc.
noun
Advertisement
A male given name, today often transferred back from the surname.
pronoun
A female given name used in the 2000s, also associated with the mineral emery.
pronoun
A city in South Dakota.
pronoun
Advertisement
Origin of emery
- Middle English from Old French emeri, emeril from Late Latin smericulum from Greek smiris
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From medieval Germanic personal names, either a variant of Amory, from Amalric, Proto-Germanic *amal (“vigor, bravery”) + rīhhi (“ruler”), or of Henry, from Heimrich, from heim (“home”) + rīhhi (“ruler”).
From Wiktionary
- From French émeri, from Old French esmeril, from Late Latin smericulum, from Ancient Greek σμῆρις (smēris, “powder used for polishing”) (alternative spelling: σμύρις (smuris)).
From Wiktionary