English
pegmatite
Pegmatite comes from Ancient Greek πήγνυμι ‘to attach, join’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ- ‘to coagulate, become fixed’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*peh₂ǵ-‘to coagulate, become fixed’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπήγνυμιpḗgnumi‘to attach, join’
- Englishtodaypegmatite
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*peh₂ǵ-‘to coagulate, become fixed’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπήγνυμιpḗgnumi‘to attach, join’
- Englishtodaypegmatite
Formed from -ite
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ- ‘to coagulate, become fixed’
page, travel, pole, propaganda, pale, compact, peel, pagan, peasant, propagate, pala, palisade, travail, impinge, impactor, pectin, pagination, 28 more
Today it means
noun A coarsely crystalline igneous or plutonic rock composed primarily of feldspar and quartz, normally with muscovite and/or biotite mica.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ- / pegmatite