Etymology of the English word clastic
the English word
clasticderived from the French word
clastiquederived from the Greek word
klastos, κλαστός
using the Greek suffix
-mania, -μανία
derived from the Greek word
klan, κλᾶν
derived from the Byzantine Greek word
klao, κλάω (to break (specially, of bread))
Date
The earliest known usage of clastic in English dates from the 19th century.
Derivations in English
anticlastic,
cytoclastic,
pyroclastic,
clastUsage
Word found in Modern English
