Where does “abietite” come from?

abietite (English) comes from Latin abiēs — the silver fir (Abies alba), the silver-fir's wood.

abietite (English): A substance resembling mannite, found in the...

Definitions

  1. A substance resembling mannite, found in the...

Ancestry of “abietite”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinabiēsthe silver fir (Abies alba), the silver-fir's wood
Every word from Latin abiēs
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