The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromπικρός“bitter”
- English todaypicrolite
From Ancient Greek πικρός (pikrós, “bitter”) + -lite: compare French picrolithe.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekπικρός all →
picricgentiopicrinpicric acidpicritepicro-picropharmacolite
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.