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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

  1. A monoclinic colorless mineral containing...

Ancestry of “trabzonite”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishTrabzon—
2TurkishTrabzon—
3Ottoman Turkishطربزون—
4GreekΤραπεζούντα—
5Ancient GreekΤραπεζοῦς—
6Ancient Greekτράπεζαa table
7Ancient Greek*τετράπεζα—
8Ancient Greekπέζαfoot, edge; foot, instep, bottom; -footed,...
9Ancient Greekπούςfoot; leg; Greek foot or pous, the ancient Greek...
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpṓdsfoot
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpóds—
12Proto-Indo-Europeanped-to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall
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