English
tephritic
From tephrite + -ic.
Formed from tephrite + -ic
Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- ‘to burn’
Ancient Greek τέφρα ‘ash’
Ancient Greek τεφρῖτις
Latin tephrītis ‘an ash-colored kind of precious stone’
English tephrite
Today it means
adj Of or relating to tephrite.
Sources
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Etymograph / tephritic