The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromμόνιμος“stable, permanent”
- English todaymonimolite
From Ancient Greek μόνιμος (mónimos, “stable, permanent”) + -lite because it is a mineral that resists chemical decomposition.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekμόνιμος all →
monimolimnionmonimostyly
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.