lepidote

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromλεπιδωτός“covered with scales”
2. New Latin · derived fromlepidōtus“covered with scales”
3. English todaylepidote

From New Latin lepidōtus (“covered with scales”), from Ancient Greek λεπιδωτός (lepidōtós, “covered with scales”), from λεπίς (lepís, “scale, flake, shell, husk”). By surface analysis, lepido- + -ote.