English
lindgrenite
Lindgrenite comes from Swedish Lindgren.
- SwedishmodernLindgren
- Englishtodaylindgrenite
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- SwedishmodernLindgren
- Englishtodaylindgrenite
Formed from Lindgren + -ite
The story
Named after Swedish-American economic geologist Waldemar Lindgren (1860–1939).
Every English word from Swedish Lindgren
Today it means
noun A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing copper, hydrogen, molybdenum, and oxygen.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Swedish Lindgren / lindgrenite