Etymograph

English

geyserite

From geyser + -ite.

A compound of geyser + -ite

Proto-Germanic *geusaną ‘to erupt’

Proto-Germanic *gausijaną ‘to make erupt’

Old Norse geysa ‘to gush’

Icelandic geysa ‘to gush’

Icelandic Geysir ‘Gusher’

English geyser

Today it means

noun A type of stone, a mixture of quartz and opal deposited by a geyser as it precipitates out of the boiling water.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / geyserite