Etymology

migmatite

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Today it means: Any rock of mixed appearance, being an intimate mixture of granite and older rock, specifically from intense metamorphism which partially melts the rock, causing it to recrystallize in a state intermediate between igneous and metamorphic. Full definition →

Swedish migmatit ← Ancient Greek μίγμα
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  1. Swedish · derived from-it“-ite”
  2. Ancient Greek · derived fromμίγμα“mixture”
  3. Swedish · derived frommigmatit
  4. English todaymigmatite

From Swedish migmatit, from Ancient Greek μίγμα (mígma, “mixture”) + Swedish -it (“-ite”).

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