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Where does “pinakiolite” come from?

pinakiolite (English) comes from Ancient Greek πινάκιον, from Ancient Greek -ῐον, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

pinakiolite (English): A monoclinic-prismatic black mineral containing...

Definitions

  1. A monoclinic-prismatic black mineral containing...

Ancestry of “pinakiolite”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekπινάκιονsmall tablet on which the dicasts wrote their...
2Ancient Greek-ῐονdiminutive suffix; "suffix forming...
3Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
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