Etymology

grapholite

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Today it means: Any variety of slate suitable to be written on. Full definition →

Ancient Greek γράφειν
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromγράφειν“writε”
  2. English todaygrapholite

From grapho- + -lite, from Ancient Greek γράφειν (gráphein, “writε”) and λίθος (líthos, “stone”).

Words from the same roots

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