Where does “calcedônia” come from?

calcedônia (Portuguese) comes from Latin chalcedonius.

calcedônia (Portuguese): chalcedony (form of fine-grained quartz)

Definitions

  1. chalcedony (form of fine-grained quartz)

Ancestry of “calcedônia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinchalcedonius
Every word from Latin chalcedonius
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