The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἄκανθα“thorn”
- English todayacanthite
Named in 1855, from Ancient Greek ἄκανθα (ákantha, “thorn”) + -ite, because of the crystal shapes.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekἄκανθα all →
acanthaacanthionacanthocyteacanthophorousacanthoptericystacanthdecacanthheteracanthhexacanthhomacanth
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.