The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἐπιστολή“letter, message”
- English todayepistolite
From Ancient Greek ἐπιστολή (epistolḗ, “letter, message”), because of its flat, white appearance, + -ite.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekἐπιστολή all →
epistolaryepistolophobia
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.