malacolite etymology

English word malacolite comes from Ancient Greek μαλακός, English -lite (Used to form names of rocks and minerals.)

Detailed word origin of malacolite

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
μαλακός Ancient Greek (grc)
-lite English (eng) Used to form names of rocks and minerals.
malacolite English (eng) (mineralogy) A variety of pyroxene.

Words with the same origin as malacolite

Descendants of μαλακός
amalgam malaco- malaxate
Descendants of -lite
abukumalite acadialite chiasmus danalite dendrolite foralite francolite grapholite heliolite hematolite lepidolite meteorolite ottrelite paranatrolite phytolite pisolite praseolite radiolite retinalite ripidolite scorzalite thinolite turrilite umbalite