The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromκυανός“blue-green”
- English todaycyanophyllite
From Ancient Greek κυανός (kuanós, “blue-green”) + φύλλον (phúllon, “leaf”) for its color and crystal habit, + -ite.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekκυανός all →
kyanite
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.