| Anc.Greek | kirros | orange yellow |
| Lat. | cereus | yellowish, bilious complexion |
| Lat. | cerealis | cereal (not from ker- "to grow"; to grow is not a characteristic of cereals but their yellow color is) |
| Lat. | Ceres | "goddess of the harvest" (secondary, like Saturn from sator "the sower") |
| Lat. | cerumen | ear wax |
| Franç.: Sav. | cerougne | chélidoine (au latex jaune orangé) |
| Franç. | cireux | having the yellowish aspect of wax |
| Franç. | cire | wax |
| Alb. | shqeri | the Slavs (the blond ones) |
| Anc.Greek | kèrtès | yellow (wax) |
| Esp. | cártamo | a plant producing a yellow dye (no relation whatsoever with Arabic qurtum "to prune") |
| Lat. | creta | lime |
| Lat. | Creta | the island of Crete |
| French | craie | lime |
| Germ. | kreîde | lime |
| Germ. | kridekrei | Barn Owl, 238 |