crystalline

crystalline · adjective, noun¹

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκρυστάλλινος
2. Latin · derived fromcrystallinus
3. Old French · derived fromcristallin
4. Middle English · inherited fromcristallyn
5. English todaycrystalline

From Middle English cristallyn, cristallyne, from Old French cristallin and its etymon Latin crystallinus, from Ancient Greek κρυστάλλινος (krustállinos), from κρύσταλλος (krústallos, “crystal”) + -ῐνος (-ĭnos, adjectival suffix). By surface analysis, crystal + -ine.

Crystalline · proper noun²

From crystalline.