Etymograph

English

kolovratite

From Kolovrat + -ite.

Formed from Kolovrat + -ite

Proto-Indo-European *kʷólos

Proto-Balto-Slavic *kálan ‘wheel, circle’

Proto-Slavic *kolo ‘wheel’

Proto-Slavic *kolovortъ ‘circulation’

English Kolovrat

The story

Named after Lev Stanislovich Kolovrat-Chervinckii (1884-1921; Russian: Лев Станиславович Коловрат-Червинский), a physicist and radiologist of the Russian Empire.

Today it means

noun A monoclinic mineral containing hydrogen, nickel, oxygen, vanadium, and zinc.

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

Etymograph / kolovratite