Etymology

asterophyllite

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Today it means: A fossil plant from the coal formations of Europe and America, now regarded as the branchlets and foliage of calamites. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ἀστήρ
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromφῠ́λλον“leaf”
  2. Ancient Greek · derived fromἀστήρ“star”
  3. English todayasterophyllite

Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr, “star”) Ancient Greek φῠ́λλον (phŭ́llon, “leaf”) + -ite

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekἀστήρ all →

asteraster-asterionasteroseismologyastraeanastrophyllitediaster

Ancient Greekφῠ́λλον all →

phyllite

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.