The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromγλαυκός“blue-green”
- German · borrowed fromGlaukonit
- English todayglauconite
From German Glaukonit, from Ancient Greek γλαυκός (glaukós, “blue-green”) + -ite.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekγλαυκός all →
glaucous
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.