'azurine' likely originates from French, ultimately formed from 'azur' (French for 'azure') with the adjectival/diminutive suffix '-ine' meaning 'of or pertaining to'.

'azurine' developed as an English formation from French 'azurine'/'azur' (Modern French 'azur'), which itself comes from Old French 'azur' and Medieval Latin via Arabic 'lazaward' (from Persian 'lajvard', related to lapis lazuli).

Initially the element referred simply to 'blue' or 'azure' (through 'azur'), and over time 'azurine' came to denote specifically 'azure-colored' or a particular shade/pigment of bright blue.