myEtymology.com: English etymology of megalith

Etymology of the English word megalith

the English word megalith

using the English prefix mega-

derived from the Byzantine Greek word megas, μέγας (big)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *meg- (great)

using the English suffix -lith

derived from the Latin suffix -lithus

derived from the Greek word lithos, λίθος (stone; a stone )