The story
- Ancient Greek · borrowed fromἈθωνίτης“Athonite”
- English todayAthonite
From Ancient Greek Ἀθωνίτης (Athōnítēs, “Athonite”), from Ἄθως (Áthōs, “Athos”) + -ίτης (-ítēs, “-ite”). Equivalent to Athos + -n- + -ite.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.