Etymograph

English

quartz

Quartz comes from Middle High German quarz.

  1. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350quarz
  2. Germanc. 1650–presentQuarz
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1883quartz

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350quarz
  2. Germanc. 1650–presentQuarz
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1883quartz

Earliest quotation: 1883, George Downing Liveing, On the Ultra-Violet Spectra of the Elements: “The telescope and collimator have each an object-glass consisting…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *twerH- ‘to enclose, fence in’

siren, quark, 4 more

Today it means

noun The most abundant mineral on the earth's surface, of chemical composition silicon dioxide, SiO₂. It occurs in a variety of forms, both crystalline and amorphous. Found in every environment.

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Etymograph / Middle High German quarz / quartz

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