Thursday, 15 November 2012

hematite=الهيماتيت

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hematite=الهيماتيت

ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY:

hematite (n.) 
1540s, haematites, from M.Fr. hematite (16c.), from L. haematites, from Gk. haimatites lithos "bloodlike stone," from haima (gen. haimatos) "blood" (see -emia). Earlier as emachite (late 14c.).

WICTIONARY

From Middle French hematite, from Latin (lapis) haematites, from Ancient Greek αἱματίτης λίθος (haimatitēs lithos, “blood-red stone”), from αἷμα (haima, “blood”).

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