Where does “trabzonite” come from?
trabzonite (English) comes from English Trabzon, from Turkish Trabzon, from Ottoman Turkish طربزون, from Greek Τραπεζούντα, from Ancient Greek Τραπεζοῦς, from Ancient Greek τράπεζα, from Ancient Greek *τετράπεζα, from Ancient Greek πέζα — to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall.
trabzonite (English): A monoclinic colorless mineral containing...
Definitions
- A monoclinic colorless mineral containing...
Ancestry of “trabzonite”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | Trabzon | — |
| 2 | Turkish | Trabzon | — |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | طربزون | — |
| 4 | Greek | Τραπεζούντα | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Τραπεζοῦς | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | τράπεζα | a table |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | *τετράπεζα | — |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | πέζα | foot, edge; foot, instep, bottom; -footed,... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | πούς | foot; leg; Greek foot or pous, the ancient Greek... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pṓds | foot |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | póds | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ped- | to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall |