The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromμάργαρον“pearl”
- Medieval Greek · derived fromμαργαρώδης“pearl-like”
- German · borrowed fromMargarodit
- English todaymargarodite
Borrowed from German Margarodit (coined in 1843 by Dr. Carl Schaffhäutl), from Medieval Greek μαργαρώδης (margarṓdēs, “pearl-like”), from Ancient Greek μάργαρον (márgaron, “pearl”); see μαργαρίτης (margarítēs).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekμάργαρον all →
margarinemargaric
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.