The story
- Latin · derived frommarga“marl”
- Ancient Greek · derived fromλιθος“stone”
- New Latin · derived fromlithomarga
- English todaylithomarge
From New Latin lithomarga, from Ancient Greek λιθος (lithos, “stone”) + Latin marga (“marl”). Equivalent to litho- + marge.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.