The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromλοπός“shell”
- English todaylopolith
Ancient Greek λοπός (lopós, “shell”) + λίθος (líthos, “stone”)
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
lopolith
Today it means: a mass of volcanic or igneous rock found within strata which has spilled downward into underlaying strata and forms depressed regions. Full definition →
Ancient Greek λοπός