Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

calthemite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: calthemite
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any secondary calcareous deposit, created by the action of water outside the natural cave environment. They are typically found on man made structures and mimic the shapes and forms of cave speleothems, such as stalactites, stalagmites, flowstone etc.

Etymology

From Latin calx (“lime”) + Latin < Ancient Greek θέμα (théma, “what is laid down”), (also Mediaeval Latin thema, "deposit") and the Latin -īta < Ancient Greek -ίτης (-ítēs) – used as a suffix indicating a rock or mineral.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: -īta, -ίτης

Inflected Forms

calthemites (plural)

Questions

What does calthemite mean?: Any secondary calcareous deposit, created by the action of water outside the natural cave environment. They are typically found on man made structures and mimic the shapes and forms of cave speleothems, such as stalactites, stalagmites, flowstone etc.
Where does calthemite come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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