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- Latin · derived fromtīburtīnus“Tiburtine”
- Italian · derived fromtravertino
- English todaytravertine
From Italian travertino, earlier tivertino, from Latin tīburtīnus (“Tiburtine”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
travertine
Today it means: A light, porous form of concretionary limestone (or calcite) deposited from solution, and sometimes quarried for building. Full definition →
Italian travertino ← Latin tīburtīnus