Where does “orthoamphibolite” come from?

orthoamphibolite (English) comes from English amphibolite, from English -ite, from French -ité, 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.

orthoamphibolite (English): Metamorphic rock composed mostly of amphibole, plagioclase, with lesser amounts of epidote, zoisite, chlorite, quartz, titanite, and accessory leucoxene, ilmenite and magnetite derived from an igneous rock

Definitions

  1. Metamorphic rock composed mostly of amphibole, plagioclase, with lesser amounts of epidote, zoisite, chlorite, quartz, titanite, and accessory leucoxene, ilmenite and magnetite derived from an igneous rock

Ancestry of “orthoamphibolite”, step by step

orthoamphibolite traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English amphibolite

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishamphiboliteAny of a class of metamorphic rock composed...
2English-iteUsed to form nouns denoting followers or...
3French-itéAlternative form of -té, giving a quality or...
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

via English ortho

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishorthoAn isomer of a benzene derivative having two...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tósEvery word from English -iteEvery word from Ancient Greek -της