Etymology of the English word nephelinite
the English word
nephelinitederived from the English word
nephelinederived from the French word
nephelinederived from the Greek word
nephele, νεφέλη (properly, cloudiness; (concretely) a cloud)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*nebh-using the English suffix
-iteUsage
Word found in Modern English