The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromμόλυβδος“lead”
- English todaymolybdophyllite
For its composition, Ancient Greek μόλυβδος (mólubdos, “lead”) and crystal habit φύλλον (phúllon, “leaf”), + -ite. Note that the prefix molybdo- + here does NOT denote molybdenum; the element is named after the same Greek root.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekμόλυβδος all →
molybdomancy
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.