Etymology

astrophyllite

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Today it means: A rare, brown to golden-yellow hydrous potassium iron titanium silicate mineral, visually identical to kupletskite. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ἀστήρ
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἀστήρ“star”
  2. English todayastrophyllite

From Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr, “star”) + φύλλον (phúllon, “leaf”) + -ite.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekἀστήρ all →

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