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- Ancient Greek · derived fromμονάζω“be solitary”
- German · derived fromMonazit
- English todaymonazite
From German Monazit, from Ancient Greek μονάζω (monázō, “be solitary”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
monazite
Today it means: any of a range of reddish-brown minerals that are mixed phosphates of the lighter rare earth elements lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, samarium, europium, gadolinium and yttrium Full definition →
German Monazit ← Ancient Greek μονάζω