Etymology

cerussite

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Today it means: A mineral form of lead carbonate, PbCO₃, that is an ore of lead. Full definition →

Latin cērussa
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromcērussa“white lead”
  2. English todaycerussite

From Latin cērussa (“white lead”) + -ite.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.