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.
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 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-.
lithosphere,lithophotograph,lithograph andum...that all i know cause im 11 :D
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
Lithium got its name from the Greek word "lithos," meaning stone. This is because lithium is commonly found in various types of rocks and minerals.
Neolithic
Electrons is the subatomic particle that derived its name from the Greek word for a type of semiprecious stone.
μεγάλιθος (megalithos) μεγα- : great -λιθος : stone
The word is "monolith" (Greek monolithos for "one stone").