Etymology

barysilite

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Today it means: A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral mineral containing lead, manganese, oxygen, and silicon. Full definition →

Ancient Greek βαθύς
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromβαθύς“heavy”
  2. English todaybarysilite

From Ancient Greek βαθύς (bathús, “heavy”), the inclusion of (SI)licon, and λίθος (líthos, “stone”).

Words from the same roots

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