The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromμέγας“large”
- English todaymegacyclite
From Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas, “large”) and κύκλος (kúklos, “circle”), because of its cyclosilicate categorization, + -ite.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekμέγας all →
megamega-megalo-megalopterousmegapolismegasporangiummegathere
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.