Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗adj
Of the colour cyan.
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryAn additive secondary colour midway between green and blue, evoked by wavelengths between ~490 and ~520 nm.
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κύανος (kúanos), a shade of blue variously described as similar to cornflower, copper carbonate, and lapis lazuli, Mycenaean Greek 𐀓𐀷𐀜 (ku-wa-no), possibly from Hittite [script needed] (kuwannan-, “a precious stone; copper; shade of blue”). Compare modern Greek κυανός (kyanós), also used for cyan.
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