anatase

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἀνάτασις“extending, extension”
2. French · borrowed fromanatase
3. English todayanatase

From French anatase, from Ancient Greek ἀνάτασις (anátasis, “extending, extension”), named for the length of its crystals.

First known use, by meaning

• from 1802 A blue or brown mineral, a form of titanium dioxide, used as a pigment.