pisolite etymology

English word pisolite comes from Latin pisum (Pea, pease.), English -lite (Used to form names of rocks and minerals.)

Detailed word origin of pisolite

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
pisum Latin (lat) Pea, pease.
-lite English (eng) Used to form names of rocks and minerals.
pisolite English (eng) (geology) A sedimentary rock formed from pisoids.

Words with the same origin as pisolite

Descendants of pisum
avoirdupois chich chickpea peaceable pisiform pisoid poison poissonier radiation poisoning
Descendants of -lite
abukumalite acadialite chiasmus danalite dendrolite foralite francolite grapholite heliolite hematolite lepidolite malacolite meteorolite ottrelite paranatrolite phytolite praseolite radiolite retinalite ripidolite scorzalite thinolite turrilite umbalite