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Where does “stalagmite” come from?

stalagmite (English) comes from New Latin stalagmites, from Ancient Greek στάλαγμα — drop.

stalagmite (English): A secondary mineral deposit of calcium carbonate...

Definitions

  1. A secondary mineral deposit of calcium carbonate...

Ancestry of “stalagmite”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1New Latinstalagmites—
2Ancient Greekστάλαγμαdrop

Words derived from “stalagmite”

  • stalagmitic
  • stalagmites
  • stalagmitically
Every word from Ancient Greek στάλαγμα →