The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromδιάβασις
- French · borrowed fromdiabase
- English todaydiabase
From French diabase, from Ancient Greek διάβασις (diábasis).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
diabase
Today it means: A fine-grained igneous rock composed mostly of pyroxene and feldspar. Full definition →
French diabase ← Ancient Greek διάβασις