'alizarate' originates from 'alizarin', specifically the word 'alizarate', where 'alizarin' referred to a red dye derived from the madder plant.

'alizarate' changed from the French word 'alizarate' and eventually became the modern English word 'alizarate'.

Initially, it meant 'a compound related to alizarin', and this meaning has largely remained the same in modern usage.