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Beryll, masculine, ‘beryl,’ from Middle High German berille, barile, brille, masculine, formed from Latin-Greek berýllus; also brille, ‘spectacles’; see Brille, Perle. The Greek-Latin term is derived from Prakrit vêlûriga, Sanscrit vaiḍûrya.