Etymology

spilosite

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Today it means: A greenish schistose rock spotted with chlorite. Full definition →

Ancient Greek σπίλος
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromσπίλος“a spot”
  2. English todayspilosite

From Ancient Greek σπίλος (spílos, “a spot”) + -ite.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekσπίλος all →

spilus

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