Etymology

gemmology

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Today it means: The branch of mineralogy that studies mineral gems and petrified gemstones. Full definition →

Latin gemma
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  1. Latin · derived fromgemma“gem”
  2. English todaygemmology

From Latin gemma (“gem”) + -logy (“science”).

Words from the same roots

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