ἠλέκτρινος
Ancient Greek
adj-1&2
Definitions
- made of amber
- shining like amber (said of water)
Etymology
Affix from Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (amber, alloy of gold and silver, gold-silver alloy).
Origin
Ancient Greek
ἤλεκτρον
Gloss
amber, alloy of gold and silver, gold-silver alloy
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- electrode English
- electrolysis English
- electron English
- electrum Latin
- ēlectrum Latin
- электро́ника Russian
- электроскоп Russian
- ἤλεκτρον Ancient Greek
- Ἠλέκτρα Ancient Greek
- elektro- Norwegian Bokmål
- elektro- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Éileictre Irish
- elektro- Czech
- ήλεκτρο Greek (modern)
- ēlectricus la-new