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Where does “feldspar” come from?

Feldspar is a compound of German Feld, from Old High German feld, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European pelh₂-, meaning an open area of land.

feldspar (English): Any of a large group of rock-forming minerals...

Definitions

  1. Any of a large group of rock-forming minerals...

Ancestry of “feldspar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanfeldspat—
2Germanspätlate
3Middle High Germanspǣte—
4Old High Germanspāti—
5Proto-West Germanic*spādī—
6Proto-Germanicspēdizlate
7Proto-Indo-Europeanspeh₁-tí-s—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanspeh₁-to succeed, to prosper

Words derived from “feldspar”

  • feldspath
  • feldspathose
  • feldsparlike
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