Etymology of the English word eclogite
the English word
eclogitederived from the French word
éclogitederived from the Greek word
ekloge, ἐκλογή ((divine) selection (abstractly or concretely))
derived from the Greek word
eklegein, ἐκλέγω
derived from the Greek word
legein, λέγω (to speak)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*leg- (to collect, to speak)
Date
The earliest known usage of eclogite in English dates from the 19th century.
Usage
Word found in Modern English
