basalt

The story

1. Egyptian · derived frombḫn“a hard stone”
2. Ancient Greek · derived fromβασανίτης
3. Latin · derived frombasanites
4. Late Latin · derived frombasaltes
5. English todaybasalt

From Late Latin basaltes, a misspelling of Latin basanites, from Ancient Greek βασανίτης (basanítēs), from βάσανος (básanos, “touchstone”), from Egyptian bḫn (“a hard stone”), b-x:n-O39

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