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Where does “chabazite” come from?

chabazite (English) comes from French chabasie, from Ancient Greek χαβάζιος, from Ancient Greek χαλάζιος — a kind of precious stone.

chabazite (English): Any of several zeolite minerals that occur in...

Definitions

  1. Any of several zeolite minerals that occur in...

Ancestry of “chabazite”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchchabasie—
2Ancient Greekχαβάζιος—
3Ancient Greekχαλάζιοςa kind of precious stone
Every word from Ancient Greek χαλάζιος →