amber

amber
amber (n.) mid-14c., "ambergris, perfume made from ambergris," from O.Fr. ambre, from M.L. ambar "ambergris," from Arabic 'anbar "ambergris." In Europe, the sense was extended, inexplicably, to fossil resins from the Baltic (late 13c. in Anglo-Latin; c.1400 in English), which has become the main sense as the use of ambergris has waned. This formerly was known as white or yellow amber to distinguish it from AMBERGRIS (Cf. ambergris), which word entered English early 15c. from French, which distinguished the two substances as ambre gris and amber jaune. The classical word for Baltic amber was electrum (Cf. ELECTRIC (Cf. electric)).

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