The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromὄμφαξ“unripe fruit, especially grapes”
- English todayomphacite
From Ancient Greek ὄμφαξ (ómphax, “unripe fruit, especially grapes”) + -ite.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekὄμφαξ all →
omphacine
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.