The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromλαμπρός“shining”
- English todaylamprophyllite
From Ancient Greek λαμπρός (lamprós, “shining”) + φύλλον (phúllon, “leaf”), for its luster, + -ite.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekλαμπρός all →
lamprophoniclamprophyre
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.