English
alabasterlike
From alabaster + -like.
Formed from alabaster + -like
Ancient Greek ἀλάβαστος ‘vase without handles for storing perfumes’
Ancient Greek ἀλάβαστρος
Latin alabaster ‘box for perfumes or unguents’
Old French alabastre
Middle English alabastre
English alabaster
Today it means
adj Resembling alabaster.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / alabasterlike