The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromλαμπρός“bright”
- English todaylamprophyre
From Ancient Greek λαμπρός (lamprós, “bright”) + φύρω (phúrō, “to mix”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekλαμπρός all →
lamprophoniclamprophyllite
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.