The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromκρύος“cold”
- Ancient Greek · derived fromχιών“snow”
- English todaychiolite
From Ancient Greek χιών (khiṓn, “snow”) + λίθος (líthos, “stone”), because of its resemblance to cryolite (also Ancient Greek κρύος (krúos, “cold”)).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekχιών all →
chion-chionophilechionophobe
Ancient Greekκρύος all →
cryopreservation
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.