Of or relating to emeralds, or having the green color of an emerald.
From Spanish 'esmeralda' (emerald), which comes from Greek 'smaragdos' via Latin and Arabic. The suffix '-an' indicates 'of or relating to' something.
The word 'emerald' itself traveled from Sanskrit through Persian, Arabic, Latin, and Spanish before reaching English—'esmeraldan' shows Spanish's contribution to this 3,000-year journey of a word across continents.
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