Etymology

syenite

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Today it means: Granite. Full definition →

Latin Syēnītēs
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromSyēnītēs
  2. English todaysyenite

Borrowed from Latin Syēnītēs, from Syēnē (“Aswan”), because it was anciently quarried there.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.