Etymology

petro-

Today it means: stone Full definition →

Latin petra ← Ancient Greek πέτρᾱ (pétrā)
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekπέτρᾱ (pétrā)
  2. Latinpetra
  3. English todaypetro-

* From Latin petra (“stone, rock”), from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra, “stone, rock”). * Clipping of petroleum.

Words from the same roots

Latinpetra all →

pierpetrapetrifypetrarypetrescentpetricolouspetrifact

Ancient Greekπέτρα all →

petrapetroglyphpetrifypetrous

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.