The story
- Latin · derived fromferrum“iron”
- English todayferrocarpholite
From ferro- + carpholite, from Latin ferrum (“iron”), for being the ferrous analog of carpholite.
Words from the same roots
Latinferrum all →
ferriteferruleferrumferrandineferrettoferro-ferroequinologistferroequinology
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.