Where does “silex” come from?

silex (English) comes from Latin silex — pebble, stone, flint; rock, crag; lava.

silex (English): Flint; A finely ground relatively pure form of...

Definitions

  1. Flint; A finely ground relatively pure form of...

Ancestry of “silex”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsilexpebble, stone, flint; rock, crag; lava

Words derived from “silex

Every word from Latin silex