Etymology of the English word greenschist
the English word
greenschistderived from the English word
schistderived from the French word
schistederived from the Latin word
lapis (stone; milestone; jewel)
derived from the Late Latin word
lapidariumderived from the Medieval Latin word
lapidaderived from the Latin word
schistosderived from the Greek word
schistos, σχιστός
derived from the Greek word
schizein, σχίζω
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*skei-derived from the English word
greenderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*ghrē-derived from the Proto-Germanic root
*gro-Usage
Word found in Modern English
