Etymology

psephite

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Today it means: A sediment or sedimentary rock composed of fragments that are coarser than sand and which are enclosed in a matrix that varies in kind and amount. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ψῆφος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromψῆφος“pebble”
  2. English todaypsephite

From Ancient Greek ψῆφος (psêphos, “pebble”) + -ite.

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