Etymology

schorl

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Today it means: The most common variety of tourmaline. Full definition →

German Schörl ← Swedish skör
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The story

  1. Swedish · derived fromskör“brittle”
  2. German · borrowed fromSchörl
  3. English todayschorl

From German Schörl, probably from Swedish skör (“brittle”).

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