Etymology

alamosite

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Today it means: A lead-silicon mineral found in Mexico. Full definition →

Spanish álamo
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The story

  1. Spanish · derived fromálamo“poplar”
  2. English todayalamosite

From Álamos + -ite, after the locality in Mexico where it was first found, which is in turn from Spanish álamo (“poplar”).

Words from the same roots

Spanishálamo all →

alamo

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