Examples of chrysoprase in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Three of the dials are decorated with hardstones carved by Steenman in the shape of roses – including imperial jasper, coral, chrysoprase, mokaïte and mother-of-pearl. — Carol Besler, Forbes, 21 May 2021

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History and Etymology for chrysoprase

Middle English crisopace, crisopassus, crissoprassus, borrowed from Latin chrȳsoprasos, chrȳsoprasum, borrowed from Greek chrȳsóprasson, from chrȳso- chryso- + -prasos, derivative of práson "leek," probably of pre-Greek substratal origin

Note: Both Greek práson and Latin porrum "leek" can be taken back to a zero-grade *pr̥so-, but given the limited distribution of the etymon a loan from a Mediterranean language is more likely than Indo-European descent.

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