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Where does “hydromuscovite” come from?

hydromuscovite (English) comes from English Muscovite, from Latin Moscovita, from Latin Moscovia, from Latin -īta, from Ancient Greek -ίτης, from Ancient Greek πολῑ́της, from Ancient Greek -της, from Proto-Hellenic -tāts — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

hydromuscovite (English): illite

Definitions

  1. illite

Ancestry of “hydromuscovite”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishMuscoviteAn inhabitant or native of Muscovy or Moscow; A...
2LatinMoscovitaresident of Moscow or Muscovy, Russian
3LatinMoscovia—
4Latin-īta—
5Ancient Greek-ίτηςSuffix forming a masculine noun: one connected...
6Ancient Greekπολῑ́τηςcitizen
7Ancient Greek-τηςForms nouns representing a state of being; Added...
8Proto-Hellenic-tāts—
9Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
10Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
11Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
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