Editing Saffron (section)

==Etymology==
{{Further|History of saffron}}
A degree of uncertainty surrounds the origin of the English word ''saffron''. It might stem from the 12th-century [[Old French]] term ''safran'', which comes from the Latin word {{Lang|la|safranum}}, from [[Persian language|Persian]] ({{lang|Fa|زعفران}}, ''za'farān''),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=saffron|title=Saffron|date=2016|publisher=etymonline.com ([[Online Etymology Dictionary]]), Douglas Harper|access-date=25 May 2016}}</ref> ultimately from the Persian word ''zarparān'' ({{nq|زَرپَران}}) 'gold strung' (implying either the golden stamens of the flower or the golden colour it creates when used as flavour).<ref>{{Cite book|title=Persische Lehnwörter im Arabischen|first=Asya|last=Asbaghi|date=1988|publisher=O. Harrasowitz|isbn=978-3-447-02757-1|location=Wiesbaden|oclc=19588893}}</ref>