Etymology

chalcostibite

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Today it means: A black orthorhombic mineral composed of copper antimony disulfide Full definition →

Ancient Greek χαλκός
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromστίβι“antimony”
  2. Ancient Greek · derived fromχαλκός“copper”
  3. English todaychalcostibite

Derived from Ancient Greek χαλκός (khalkós, “copper”) + Ancient Greek στίβι (stíbi, “antimony”) + ite

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekχαλκός all →

chalco-chalcothallite

Ancient Greekστίβι all →

stibiconitestibiumstibnite

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.