carbuncle (a deep-red or fiery colored garnet or other dark red precious stone, especially when cut cabochon) · carbuncle (an abscess larger than a boil, usually with one or more openings draining pus onto the skin)
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kerh₃-der.? Latin carbō Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Proto-Italic *-kelos Latin -culus Latin carbunculuslbor. Polish karbunkuł Learned borrowing from Latin carbunculus. First attested in 1528.
From Middle High German karbunkel, from Latin carbunculus, altered in Early Modern German after funkeln (“to sparkle”). Doublet of Karbunkel, a later borrowing in medical context.