ametiste

Afrikaans

Noun

ametiste

1. plural of ametis

Old French

Etymology

From Latin amethystus, from Ancient Greek ἀμέθυστος (améthustos, “not drunk”).

Noun

ametiste oblique singular, m (oblique plural ametistes, nominative singular ametistes, nominative plural ametiste)

1. amethyst (precious stone)

Descendants

• Middle French:
  • French: améthyste
    • Persian: آمیتیست (âmitist)
• → Middle Dutch: ametiste
  • Dutch: amethist, (archaic) amethyst
    • → Indonesian: ametis
• → Middle English: ametist
  • English: amethyst
• → Middle High German: ametiste
  • German: Amethyst