The story
- Latin · derived fromstella
- English todaystellarite
From stellar (“starry”) + -ite (“mineral”). From being a form of oil coal (“a type of coal”) which emits sparks like stars (“Latin stella”) when burned.
Words from the same roots
Latinstella all →
EstelleStellartonestoilestelleridstellifystello-
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.