Etymology

bufonite

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Today it means: A fossil consisting of the petrified teeth and palatal bones of fishes belonging to the family of pycnodonts, whose remains occur in the oolite and chalk formations. Full definition →

Latin bufo
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The story

  1. Latin · derived frombufo“toad”
  2. English todaybufonite

From Latin bufo (“toad”) + -ite. It was once believed to be formed in the head of a toad.

Words from the same roots

Latinbufo all →

bufobufogeninbufoniformbufotenine

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.