Etymology

metasomatite

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Ancient Greek σωματικός
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromσωματικός“bodily”
  2. English todaymetasomatite

From meta- + somatic + -ite from metamorphosis and Ancient Greek σωματικός (sōmatikós, “bodily”), from σῶμα (sôma, “body”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekσωματικός all →

somatic

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