Where does “alabastr” come from?

alabastr (Polish) comes from Old Polish alabastyr, from Latin alabaster, from Ancient Greek ἀλάβαστρος, from Ancient Greek ἀλάβαστος — globular vase without handles for holding...

Ancestry of “alabastr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Polishalabastyralabaster
2Latinalabastera box, tapering to a point at the top, for...
3Ancient Greekἀλάβαστροςalabaster
4Ancient Greekἀλάβαστοςglobular vase without handles for holding...
Every word from Ancient Greek ἀλάβαστοςEvery word from Ancient Greek ἀλάβαστροςEvery word from Latin alabaster