The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromταινία“ribbon”
- English todaytainiolite
From Ancient Greek ταινία (tainía, “ribbon”) and λίθος (líthos, “stone”), because of its tabular crystal habit.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekταινία all →
taeniataeniasistaenicidetaeniformtaenifugetaeniodonttaenioidtaeniopterygid-tene
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.