onyx
Latin
noun
Definitions
- onyx, yellow marble
- A yellowish precious stone
- The female of a mussel of the scallop species
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek ὄνυξ (nail, claw, onyx, hoof, talon).
Origin
Ancient Greek
ὄνυξ
Gloss
nail, claw, onyx, hoof, talon
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
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Emoji
💅
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- endonyx English
- onycho- English
- onychotillomania English
- onycha Latin
- Onyx German
- onycho- French
- о́никс Russian
- ónix Spanish, Castilian
- γαμψῶνυξ Ancient Greek
- μῶνυξ Ancient Greek
- παρωνυχία Ancient Greek
- σαρδόνυξ Ancient Greek
- ὀνύχινος Ancient Greek
- ὄνυξ Ancient Greek
- *h₃negʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃nogʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- ónix Portuguese
- oniche Middle English
- onix Middle English
- oniche Old French
- onikso Esperanto
- aard Afrikaans
- оникс Kazakh
- Bannykus Chinese
- Linhenykus Chinese
- Xixianykus Chinese