Etymograph

English

leucite

Leucite comes from Ancient Greek λευκός ‘white’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *lewk-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*lewk-1‘white’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*leukós1‘white’reconstructed
  3. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEλευκός2‘white’
  4. Englishtodayleucite2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Ancient Greek λευκός
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English leucite

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*lewk-Wiktionary, Ancient Greek λευκός‘white’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*leukósWiktionary, Ancient Greek λευκός‘white’reconstructed
  3. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEλευκόςWiktionary, English leucite‘white’
  4. EnglishtodayleuciteWiktionary, English leucite

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *lewk- ‘white’

light, low, link, los, lucy, ounce, lunar, luna, illumination, lux, lea, luminous, illuminate, lumen, lynx, translucent, lumia, lucid, luminosity, luce, lum, lune, loach, luminescent, luminary, luminal, 74 more

Today it means

noun A mineral of silica-poor igneous, plutonic and volcanic rocks. Chemically, leucite is a potassium feldspar with insufficient silica to satisfy the chemical bonds. Because of the unfilled bonds, leucite weathers rapidly and can only be seen as inclusions in freshly broken rock.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “leucite”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Ancient Greek λευκός. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *lewk- / leucite

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