Etymology

basanite

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Today it means: A basaltic extrusive rock, similar to chert. Full definition →

Latin basanites
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The story

  1. Latin · borrowed frombasanites
  2. English todaybasanite

From Latin basanites; more at basalt.

Words from the same roots

Latinbasanites all →

basalt

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