- the 12th-century Old
French term safran,
which comes from the
Latin word
safranum, from the
Persian (زعفران, za'farān), from the
Persian word zarparān (زرپران)...
- and Oceania. The word "saffron"
immediately stems from the
Latin word
safranum via the 12th-century Old
French term safran. The
French was
borrowed from...
- Fernandez-Triana, 2016
Exoryza rosamatarritae Fernandez-Triana, 2016
Exoryza safranum Rousse & Gupta, 2013
Exoryza schoenobii (Wilkinson, 1932)
Exoryza yeimycedenoae...
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Saffron Etymology: Anglo-French saffron, safren, from
Medieval Latin safranum, from
Arabic زعفران zaʽfarān, from Persian: زرپران zarparān gold strung...
- "saffron". The
English name is a
learned 16th-century
adoption from the
Latin safranum, but Old
English already had croh for saffron,
introduced by the Romans...
- crocus. The
earliest known for the name
saffron in
Latin is year 1156
safranum (location in
Genoa in Italy, in a
commercial contract). The name saffron...
