The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἄργιλλος“clay”
- English todayargilloferruginous
From Ancient Greek ἄργιλλος (árgillos, “clay”) + ferruginous.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekἄργιλλος all →
argillaceousargilargillan
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.