Etymology of the English word mineraloid
the English word
mineraloidderived from the English word
mineralderived from the Medieval Latin word
minerale (mineral; ore)
derived from the Medieval Latin word
mineralis (mineral-, having the nature of mineral; obtained from the bowels of the earth)
derived from the Old French word
minierederived from the Old French word
minederived from the Latin word
mina (Greek weight unit; its weight of silver; mine; threats, menaces; warning signs)
derived from the Greek word
mna, μνᾶ (a mna (mina), a certain weight)
derived from the Akkadian word
manûusing the English suffix
-oidderived from the Latin suffix
-oidesderived from the Greek word
eidos, εἶδος (form, likeness, appearance, resemblance; a view; form )
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*weid-derived from the Greek suffix
-oeides, -οειδής
derived from the Greek word
eidos, εἶδος (form, likeness, appearance, resemblance; a view; form )
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*weid-Derivations in other languages
Romanian
mineraloidUsage
Word found in Modern English
