carmin

carmine, crimson (having a deep, slightly bluish red colour)

Possibly from Medieval Latin *carminium, from Arabic قِرْمِز (qirmiz, “crimson, kermes”) (from Sanskrit कृमिज (kṛmija, “produced by worms”), from कृमि (kṛ́mi, “worm, insect”)), plus or with influence from Latin minium. Or, from a contraction of Old French carmesin, from Spanish carmesí.

cochineal, carmine (red dye made from the bodies of cochineal insects); carmine, crimson (deep, slightly bluish red); cinnabar moth Tyria jacobaeae

Possibly from Medieval Latin *carminium, from Arabic قِرْمِز (qirmiz, “crimson, kermes”) (from Sanskrit कृमिज (kṛmija, “produced by worms”), from कृमि (kṛ́mi, “worm, insect”)), plus or with influence from Latin minium. Or, from a contraction of Old French carmesin, from Spanish carmesí.