köken: Inherited from Middle French cochenille, cossenille, probably borrowed from Spanish cochinilla, itself probably a diminutive of cochino. Other proposed etymologies, such as Latin coccinus through the intermediate of Italian cocciniglia, or Ancient Greek κόκκινος (kókkinos) through a Spanish intermediate, are less likely.
köken: From irregular Medieval Latin carminium, itself 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.
köken: From German Karmin, from French carmin, from Medieval Latin carminium (“carmine”), blend of Arabic قِرْمِز (qirmiz, “crimson”) and Latin minium (“red lead”).
köken: From Old Armenian որդան կարմիր (ordan karmir), from որդան (ordan), genitive of որդն (ordn), and կարմիր (karmir, “red”). Literally, “worm's red”.