Etymology

coccolite

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Today it means: The mineral diopside. Full definition →

Ancient Greek κόκκος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκόκκος“kernel”
  2. English todaycoccolite

From Ancient Greek κόκκος (kókkos, “kernel”) + -lite.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekκόκκος all →

rhodococcuscoccobacteriumcoccolithcoccolithophorecoccospheretorgoch

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