Etymology of the English word diopside
the English word
diopsidederived from the Greek word
opsis, ὄψις (vision; sight; properly, sight (the act); the visage, an external show)
derived from the Greek word
ops, ὤψ
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*okʷ-derived from the English word
di-derived from the New Latin word
di-derived from the Greek word
di-, δι-, δί-
derived from the Greek word
dis, δίς (double; twice)
derived from the English word
di-Date
The earliest known usage of diopside in English dates from the 19th century.
Usage
Word found in Modern English
