geyserite

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew-der.?

Proto-Germanic *geusaną

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti

Proto-Germanic *-janą

Proto-Germanic *gausijaną

Old Norse geysa

Icelandic geysa

Icelandic Geysirbor.

English geyser

Proto-Indo-European *-tósder.

Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der.

Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der.

Latin -ītēslbor.

French -iteder.

English -ite

English geyserite

From geyser + -ite.

Noun

geyserite (plural geyserites)

1. (mineralogy) A type of stone, a mixture of quartz and opal deposited by a geyser as it precipitates out of the boiling water.

Translations

type of stone

• Portuguese: geiserita f
• Spanish: geiserita f

Anagrams

• geyerites, tiger's eye, tiger's-eye