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Language Translation for : -lite
| Spanish: | discusión, | German: | der Streit, | Japanese: | 議論 |
| -lite
suff. Stone; mineral; fossil: coprolite. [French, alteration of -lithe, from Greek lithos, stone.] |
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-lite
comb. form meaning "stone," from Fr. -lite, variant of -lithe, from Gk. lithos "stone."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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