Etymology

barylite

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Today it means: An orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing barium, beryllium, oxygen, and silicon. Full definition →

Ancient Greek βαρύς
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromβαρύς“heavy”
  2. English todaybarylite

From Ancient Greek βαρύς (barús, “heavy”) + λίθος (líthos, “stone”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekβαρύς all →

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