Etymology

sagenite

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Today it means: acicular rutile occurring in reticulated forms embedded in quartz Full definition →

French sagénite ← Latin sagena
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  1. Latin · derived fromsagena“a large net”
  2. French · derived fromsagénite
  3. English todaysagenite

From French sagénite, from Latin sagena (“a large net”). See saine.

Words from the same roots

Latinsagena all →

seine

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.