The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromμυλών“mill”
- Ancient Greek · derived fromὕαλος“glassy”
- English todayhyalomylonite
From Ancient Greek ὕαλος (húalos, “glassy”) + Ancient Greek μυλών (mulṓn, “mill”) + -ite.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekὕαλος all →
hyalo-
Ancient Greekμυλών all →
mylonite
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.