English
khmaralite
Khmaralite comes from Ancient Greek λίθος ‘stone’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEλίθοςlíthos‘stone’
- Englishtodaykhmaralite
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEλίθοςlíthos‘stone’
- Englishtodaykhmaralite
The story
Named for type locality, Khmara Bay, in turn named after Soviet tractor driver Ivan Fedorovich Khmara (1936–1956) who died in that area of Soviet-operated Antarctica. The suffix -lite is from Ancient Greek λίθος (líthos, “stone”).
Linked words
through Ancient Greek λίθος ‘stone’
Today it means
noun A monoclinic-prismatic very dark green mineral containing aluminum, beryllium, iron, magnesium, oxygen, and silicon.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek λίθος / khmaralite