The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromὄφις“serpent”
- English todayophiolite
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekὄφις all →
ophidianhydrophidophid-ophidiariumophio-ophiolatryophiothricidophiure
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
ophiolite
Today it means: An assemblage of mafic and ultramafic rock fragments of the ocean lithosphere that has been tectonically moved onto a continental margin or island. Full definition →
Ancient Greek ὄφις