The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromστίλβω“to shine, shimmer”
- English todaystilbene
From Ancient Greek στίλβω (stílbō, “to shine, shimmer”), due to its use as a phosphor.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekστίλβω all →
stilbstilbite
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.