The story
- Latin · derived fromcaelestis“celestial, heavenly”
- English todaycelestite
From Latin caelestis (“celestial, heavenly”), because of the usual blue shade, + -ite.
Words from the same roots
Latincaelestis all →
celestialcelesteCelestiacelestcelestify
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.