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”.