Etymology of the English word onyx
the English word
onyxderived from the Old French word
onixderived from the Latin word
onyx (good yellowish marble; box; multicolored gem; variety of quartz; kind of razor-shell clam)
derived from the Greek word
onux, ὄνυξ
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*nogh-Cognates
Dutch
onyx, French
onyx, German
Onyx, Icelandic
ónyx, Swedish
onyxUsage
Word found in Modern English
