Where does “basalt” come from?
Basalt comes from Late Latin basaltes, from Latin basanites, from Ancient Greek βασανίτης, from Ancient Greek βάσανος, ultimately from Egyptian bḫn.
basalt (English): A hard mafic igneous rock of varied mineral...
Definitions
- A hard mafic igneous rock of varied mineral...
Ancestry of “basalt”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | basaltes | — |
| 2 | Latin | basanites | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | βασανίτης | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ίτης | Suffix forming a masculine noun: one connected... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | πολῑ́της | citizen |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -της | Forms nouns representing a state of being; Added... |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | -tāts | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |