kermes

• chermes, chermez, kermez

First attested ca. 1600, from French kermès, from Medieval Latin cremesinus (compare Italian chermes, Spanish carmes), from Arabic قِرْمِز (qirmiz) (whence also Portuguese quermes, alquermes), from a Persian word meaning “worm-colored” (compare modern Persian قرمز (qermez)), ultimately Proto-Indo-Iranian *kŕ̥miš (“worm”), possibly via borrowing from a Sanskrit formation. Related to carmine and crimson.^[1] For the semantic development, compare vermilion from Latin vermis (“worm”) and its cognates.

kermes (countable and uncountable, plural kermes)

1. (countable) Any of several insects of the genus Kermes.
2. (uncountable) A crimson dye made from the crushed bodies of these insects.

• → Translingual: Kermes

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Borrowed from French kermesse, from Dutch kermis.

kermes (definite accusative kermesi, plural kermesler)

1. a charity fair, bazaar, or fundraising event, often organized by schools, associations, or religious institutions