Where does “mineral” come from?
Mineral comes from Middle English mineral, from Old French mineral, from Medieval Latin minerale, from Latin minera, influenced by Middle French miniere.
mineral (English): Any naturally occurring inorganic material that...
Definitions
- Any naturally occurring inorganic material that...
Ancestry of “mineral”, step by step
mineral traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French minéral
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | minéral | mineral |
| 2 | German | Mineral | mineral |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | minerale | mineral, ore, mine; nominative neuter singular of... |
| 4 | Latin | minera | mine; vein; mineral |
| 5 | Middle French | miniere | underground passage or area |
| 6 | Middle French | -ier | Alternative form of -er |
| 7 | Middle French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;... |
| 8 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 13 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
Words derived from “mineral”
- mineralization
- mineralocorticoid
- mineralogist
- demineralization
- biomineralization
- remineralization
- mineralize
- minerality
- multimineral
- minerally
- mineralizable
- biomineral
- demineralizer
- nonmineral
- organomineral
- remineralize
- hypomineralization
- monomineral
- demineralize
- antimineralocorticoid
- mineralizer
- hydromineral
- hypermineralization
- remineralise