petra
The Greek word for stone is lithos. This is where the words lithography and Neolithic originated. The root form of the word is litho.
Lithium
Paleolithic in Greek means, "Old stone". Hope this helped. My sources are from the Glenco World History textbook, National Geographic.
From Greek words meaning old (palaios) and stone (lithos).
The greek monster medusa turned people to stone.
Stone Age (Greek lithos = stone)
HEPHAISTOS / ΗΦΑΙΣΤΟΣ
The word MONOLITH is Greek for a single stone of gigantic proportions. The word "petros" means stone in Greek.
The Greek term for "new stone" is "neolithic," which refers to a period in prehistory characterized by the development of agriculture, pottery, and more advanced tools compared to the earlier Paleolithic era. It does not specifically refer to the Stone Age, but rather a specific phase within it.
the greek word for stone is πέτρα (petra). The root word is petro- like in the word petroleum : the oil from the stone,from earth (the crude oil). No element (Periodic Table) has the word petro-.
Lithium got it's name from the greek word "lithos" which means "stone".
neolithic
Neo is a Greek word for New, and lithic is also a Greek word meaning stone. So the word Neolithic means New Stone (age), since it was the second revolution after the Paleolithic Revolution. Which also has Greek roots, meaning Old Stone (age).
The Greek Opalios means 'precious stone' in English
Lithium coming from the greek work lithos, which is roughly translated at stone
Neolithic
The word is "monolith" (Greek monolithos for "one stone").
The root word of "lithiasis" is "lith," which comes from the Greek word "lithos," meaning stone. In medical terminology, "lithiasis" refers to the presence of stones in the body, such as kidney stones or gallstones.
Electrons is the subatomic particle that derived its name from the Greek word for a type of semiprecious stone.