Etymology

calthemite

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Today it means: Any secondary calcareous deposit, created by the action of water outside the natural cave environment. They are typically found on man made structures and mimic the shapes and forms of cave speleothems, such as stalactites, stalagmites, flowstone etc. Full definition →

Latin calx ← Ancient Greek θέμα
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived from-ίτης
  2. Latin · derived from-īta
  3. Ancient Greek · derived fromθέμα“what is laid down”
  4. Latin · derived fromcalx“lime”
  5. English todaycalthemite

From Latin calx (“lime”) + Latin < Ancient Greek θέμα (théma, “what is laid down”), (also Mediaeval Latin thema, "deposit") and the Latin -īta < Ancient Greek -ίτης (-ítēs) – used as a suffix indicating a rock or mineral.

Words from the same roots

Latincalx all →

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Ancient Greekθέμα all →

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