chrysolite

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromχρῡσόλιθος
2. Latin · derived fromchrȳsolithus
3. Medieval Latin · derived fromcrisolitus
4. Old French · derived fromcrisolite
5. Middle English · inherited fromcrisolite
6. English todaychrysolite

From Middle English crisolite, from Old French crisolite, from Medieval Latin crisolitus, Latin chrȳsolithus, from Ancient Greek χρῡσόλιθος (khrūsólithos), from χρῡσός (khrūsós, “gold”) + λίθος (líthos, “stone”). By surface analysis, chryso- (“pertaining to gold”) + -lite (“pertaining to rocks, minerals”).