English
hammochrysos
Hammochrysos comes from Ancient Greek ἀμμόχρῡσος.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἀμμόχρῡσοςammókhrūsos
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhammochrȳsos
- Englishearliest quotation 1905hammochrysos
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἀμμόχρῡσοςammókhrūsos
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhammochrȳsos
- Englishearliest quotation 1905hammochrysos
Earliest quotation: 1905, Thomas Hardy, The Hand of Ethelberta: A Comedy in Chapters: “Nearly everything was glass in the frontage of this…”
A compound of ἄμμος ‘sand’ + χρῡσός ‘gold’
Proto-Hellenic *kʰrūsós
Ancient Greek χρῡσός ‘gold’
Every English word from Ancient Greek ἀμμόχρῡσος
Today it means
noun A certain stone with spangles of gold color in it, known to Pliny, perhaps golden mica or yellow mica schist.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek ἀμμόχρῡσος / hammochrysos