An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Zinnober

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, Z (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
Zinnober
Friedrich Kluge2506076An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, Z — Zinnober1891John Francis Davis

Zinnober, m., ‘cinnabar,’ from the equiv. MidHG. zinober, m.; formed from Lat.-Gr. κιννάβαρι, whence also Fr. cinabre.