The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromκέντρον“sting, spike”
- English todaykentrolite
From Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron, “sting, spike”) (etymon of κέντρο (kéntro, “center”))+ λίθος (líthos, “stone”), because of its crystal habit.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekκέντρον all →
centercentralcentrekendracentro-hypocentre
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.