Where does “silika” come from?

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

silika (Maltese): silica

Definitions

  1. silica

Ancestry of “silika”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsilicaSilicon dioxide; Any of the silica group of the...
2New Latinsilica—
3Latinsilexpebble, stone, flint; rock, crag; lava
Every word from Latin silex →
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