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- Ancient Greek · derived fromβαίτυλος“a meteoric stone”
- Latin · derived frombaetulus
- English todaybaetyl
From Latin baetulus, from Ancient Greek βαίτυλος (baítulos, “a meteoric stone”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
baetyl
Today it means: A meteorite or similar-looking rough stone thought to be of divine origin and worshipped as sacred. Full definition →
Latin baetulus ← Ancient Greek βαίτυλος