Where does “biotite” come from?
Biotite comes from the English mineral name Biot plus the French suffix -ite, derived from Latin -ites and Ancient Greek -ίτης, ultimately from πολῑ́της meaning citizen, itself from πόλις meaning city-state.
biotite (English): A dark brown mica; it is a mixed aluminosilicate...
Definitions
- A dark brown mica; it is a mixed aluminosilicate...
Ancestry of “biotite”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | biot | abampere |
| 2 | English | robot | A machine built to carry out some complex task or... |
| 3 | German | Robot | socage |
| 4 | Czech | robot | robot in humanoid form |
| 5 | Czech | robota | serfdom, villeinage; corvee; any arduous work;... |
| 6 | Old Czech | robota | servitude, enslavement |
| 7 | Proto-Slavic | orbòta | work |
| 8 | Proto-Slavic | orbъ | servant, slave |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃órbʰos | orphan; servant, slave, worker |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃erbʰ- | to change allegiance, status, ownership;... |