Etymology

chloroxiphite

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Today it means: An olive-green monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing chlorine, copper, hydrogen, lead, and oxygen. Full definition →

Ancient Greek χλωρός
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromξίφος“sword”
  2. Ancient Greek · derived fromχλωρός“green”
  3. English todaychloroxiphite

From Ancient Greek χλωρός (khlōrós, “green”) + Ancient Greek ξίφος (xíphos, “sword”) + -ite.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekχλωρός all →

chlorinechlorellachloasmachlorastrolitechloremiachlorenchymachloro-chrysochlore

Ancient Greekξίφος all →

xiphisternumxipho-xiphos

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