prasinen.adj.

Etymology: As noun in sense A. 1 < Anglo-Norman and Middle French prame and Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French prasme a green precious stone, emerald (first half of the 12th cent. in Anglo-Norman; also in Middle French, French as presme ) and their etymons post-classical Latin prasinus (4th cent.), prasina (a636 in Isidore) a green precious stone, uses as noun of masculine and feminine respectively of classical Latin prasinus , adjective (see below). As noun in sense A. 2 < Middle French, French prasine a green earth used as a pigment (1372) and its etymon post-classical Latin prasinum green dye (9th cent.), use as noun of neuter of classical Latin prasinus , adjective (see below). In sense A. 3 after German Prasin ( A. Breithaupt Vollständiges Handb. der Mineralogie (1841) II. 167). As adjective < Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French prasine (feminine), French prasin leek-green, pale green (apparently attested in Anglo-Norman, Old French, and Middle French only in the feminine form; end of the 12th cent. in Anglo-Norman; second half of the 13th cent. in Old French with reference to choler or bile; also in Middle French as prassine ) and its etymon classical Latin prasinus leek-green (Pliny) < ancient Greek πράσινος leek-green < πράσον leek (apparently related to classical Latin porrum leek: see porre n.) + -ινος -ine suffix².Compare Middle High German prasem (German Prasem ) green precious stone, Spanish †prasina green bile (a1450; rare), green pigment (1494 or earlier; rare), †prasina (feminine adjective) leek-green (1495 or earlier; with reference to choler or bile; rare), Italian prasino (adjective) leek-green (first half of the 13th cent.), prasma green precious stone (a1530). With γ. forms perhaps compare post-classical Latin prasma (1267 in a British source), presme (1245 in a British source), although both of these forms could simply show transmission errors (by minim confusion). With prasine stone n. at Compounds compare Hellenistic Greek λίθος πράσινος, classical Latin lapis prasinus, Middle French pierre prasine (1575 in an apparently isolated attestation), Italian petra praxina (1499 in an apparently isolated attestation).