The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἑταῖρος“companion”
- English todayhetaerolite
From hetaero- + -lite, from Ancient Greek ἑταῖρος (hetaîros, “companion”) and λίθος (líthos, “stone”), because it was always found in its type locality alongside chalcophanite.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekἑταῖρος all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.