Etymology

aplome

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Today it means: A brown or green variety of andradite containing manganese. Full definition →

French aplome ← Ancient Greek ἁπλόος
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἁπλόος“single, simple”
  2. French · borrowed fromaplome
  3. English todayaplome

From French aplome, from Ancient Greek ἁπλόος (haplóos, “single, simple”). Coined by French priest and mineralogist René Just Haüy in 1801.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekἁπλόος all →

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