Etymology

pyroxene

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Today it means: Any of a group of crystalline minerals containing silicates of iron, magnesium and calcium. Full definition →

French pyroxène ← Ancient Greek ξένος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromξένος“stranger”
  2. French · borrowed frompyroxène
  3. English todaypyroxene

From French pyroxène, from pyro- + Ancient Greek ξένος (xénos, “stranger”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekξένος all →

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