English

anorthominasragrite

From an- + ortho- + minasragrite.

Proto-Indo-European *h₂en- ‘on, onto’

Proto-Germanic *ana- ‘on’

Proto-West Germanic *ana- ‘Forming verbs and adjectives from participles…’

English an-

Proto-Indo-European *h₃erdʰ- ‘upright, high’

Proto-Hellenic *ortʰwós

Ancient Greek ὀρθός ‘straight, upright, standing, rearing (of horses)’

The story

Named for the polymorphic relationship to minasragrite.

noun A triclinic-pinacoidal blue green mineral containing hydrogen, oxygen, sulfur, and vanadium.

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