Etymograph

English

epidote

Epidote comes from French épidote.

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentépidote
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1915epidote

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

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  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentépidote
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1915epidote

Earliest quotation: 1915, George Curtis Martin, Bulletin 587: Geology and Mineral Resources of Kenai Peninsu: “A little higher is an outcrop of epidote schist…”

Every English word from French épidote

Today it means

noun Any of a class of mixed calcium iron aluminium sorosilicates found in metamorphic rocks.

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Etymograph / French épidote / epidote

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