The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromχρῡσοβήρυλλος“gold beryl”
- Latin · derived fromchrysoberyllus
- English todaychrysoberyl
From Latin chrysoberyllus, from Ancient Greek χρῡσοβήρυλλος (khrūsobḗrullos, “gold beryl”), from χρυσός (khrusós, “gold”) after its color, and βήρυλλος (bḗrullos, “beryl”), equivalent to chryso- + beryl.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.