BajaBlanca - 12-6-2022 at 11:19 PM
Living in Turkiye (Turkey), I recently heard that the word turquoise means Turkish! Who knew.
FROM THE INTERNET:
French turquois meaning "Turkish
The word turquoise dates to the 17th century and is derived from the French turquois meaning "Turkish" because the mineral was first brought to Europe
through Turkey. However, according to Etymonline, the word dates to the 14th century with the form turkeis, meaning "Turkish", which was replaced with
turqueise from French in the 1560s.
pacificobob - 12-7-2022 at 04:03 AM
Fun fact. Thanks