Etymology

arenicolite

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Today it means: A wormhole or other burrowing tunnel preserved in sandstone or another rock. Full definition →

Latin arena
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  1. Latin · derived fromarena“sand”
  2. English todayarenicolite

From Latin arena (“sand”) + colere (“to cherish or live”); and see -ite.

Words from the same roots

Latinarena all →

arenaarenationareniformareniliticareniteareno-

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.