The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἀσπίς“shield”
- English todayaspidolite
From Ancient Greek ἀσπίς (aspís, “shield”) + λίθος (líthos, “stone”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekἀσπίς all →
aspaspidiumaspisendaspideanexaspideanholaspideanprotaspis
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.