An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Galmei

by Friedrich Kluge

Galmei, masculine, ‘calamine,’ first occurs in early Modern High German, with the older variant Kalmei; once in Middle High German kalemîne; from Middle Latin and Romance; compare Middle Latin lapis calaminaris, French calamine; earlier Latin cadmia, Greek καδμεία, ‘calamine.’