Etymology

ceylonite

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Today it means: A ferroan spinel with a manganese-iron ratio from 3:1 and 1:1, and little or no ferric iron. Full definition →

English ite ← Portuguese Ceilão ← Old French Seilan
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  1. Proto-Indo-Iranian*sinȷ́ʰás
  2. Proto-Indo-Aryan*sinźʰás
  3. Sanskritसिंह (siṃha)
  4. Sanskritसिंहल (siṃhala)
  5. Palisīhaḷa
  6. Persianسیلان (saylân)
  7. Old FrenchSeilan
  8. PortugueseCeilão
  9. EnglishCeylon
  10. Englishite
  11. English todayceylonite

From Ceylon + ite.

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