Editing Lacquer (section)

==Etymology==
The English {{lang|en|lacquer|italics=yes}} is from the archaic [[French language|French]] word {{lang|fr|lacre}}, "a kind of sealing wax", from [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] {{lang|pt|lacre}}, itself an unexplained variant of [[Medieval Latin]] {{lang|la-x-medieval|lacca}} "resinous substance," from [[Arabic]] {{transliteration|ar|lakk}} ({{lang|ar|لك}}), from [[Persian language|Persian]] {{transliteration|fa|lāk}} ({{lang|fa|{{script|fa-Arab|لاک‎}}}}), from Hindi {{transliteration|hi|lākh}} ({{lang|hi|लाख}}); Prakrit {{transliteration|pra|lakkha}}, {{lang|pra|𑀮𑀓𑁆𑀔}}),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=lacquer|title=lacquer – Origin and meaning of lacquer by Online Etymology Dictionary|website=Etymonline.com|access-date=27 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=lac|title=lac – Origin and meaning of lac by Online Etymology Dictionary|website=Etymonline.com|access-date=27 October 2017}}</ref><ref name="ref76jezah">{{Citation | title=Asia in the making of Europe, Volume 2, Book 1 |author1=Donald Frederick Lach |author2=Edwin J. Van Kley | publisher=University of Chicago Press, 1971 | isbn=978-0-226-46730-6 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BOitAB1Q0QcC | quote=''... Along with valuable woods from the East, the ancients imported lac, a resinous incrustation produced on certain trees by the puncture of the lac insect. In India, lac was used as sealing wax, dye and varnish ... Sanskrit, laksha; Hindi, lakh; Persian, lak; Latin, lacca. The Western word 'lacquer' is derived from this term ...'' | date=1994-02-04}}</ref><ref name="ref28gulah">{{Citation | title=European coatings handbook |author1=Thomas Brock |author2=Michael Groteklaes |author3=Peter Mischke | publisher=Vincentz Network GmbH & Co KG, 2000 | isbn=978-3-87870-559-8 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mAPG4Hdm5ycC | quote=''... The word 'lacquer' itself stems from the term 'Laksha', from the pre-Christian, sacred Indian language Sanskrit, and originally referred to shellac, a resin produced by special insects ('lac insects') from the sap of an Indian fig tree ...'' | year=2000}}</ref> itself from the [[Sanskrit]] word [[Lakh|{{transliteration|sa|lākshā}}]] ({{lang|sa|लाक्षा}}) for [[lac bug]], representing the number one hundred thousand (100,000), used as wood finish in ancient India and neighbouring areas.<ref name="ref38hodop">{{Citation | title=The art of dyeing in the history of mankind | author=Franco Brunello | publisher=AATCC, 1973 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MI-vbcXDdssC | quote=''... The word lacquer derives, in fact, from the Sanskrit 'Laksha' and has the same meaning as the Hindi word 'Lakh' which signifies one-hundred thousand ... enormous number of those parasitical insects which infest the plants Acacia catecu, Ficus and Butea frondosa ... great quantity of reddish colored resinous substance ... used in ancient times in India and other parts of Asia ...'' | year=1973}}</ref>
[[File:Laksha - ලාක්ෂා - Lacquerware.jpg|thumb|right|''Laksha'' is a traditional form of lacquerware from Sri Lanka which is made from [[shellac]] derived from [[Lac (resin)|Lac]].]]