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Igneous is derived from the Latin word for fire: ignis.

Related words are ignite and ignimbrite (a red-hot, airborne ash that solidies into a vesicular rock).

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What is the Latin word for igneus?

igneous


Igneous means Fire in what lanauge?

"Igneous" comes from the Latin word "ignis" which means fire.


Which of rock has a name that comes from a latin word that means fire?

Igneous ...


What is the origin of the word igneous?

The word "igneous" comes from the Latin word "ignis," which means fire. "Igneous" is used in geology to describe rocks that have solidified from molten material, such as magma or lava, that originated from deep within the Earth's crust.


What type of rock has a nae that comes from the latin word for fire?

Igneous from the Latin ignis.


What language does the word igneous come from?

The word "igneous" comes from the Latin word "ignis," which means "fire." This term is used to describe rocks that form from the cooling and solidification of molten material, such as magma and lava, from within the Earth's crust.


What is the latin word for 'fire' in English form?

lick my butt, but the real answer is...... igneous


Why is an igneous rock called a igneous?

there's a Latin word called "igneus" which means fire and the igneous rock is formed by lava, but that's a different subject.


How did igneous rock got it name?

Igneous rocks form from hot molten rock. The term igneous comes from the Latin word ignis meaning "fire."


What is the mean of igneous?

In latin, the word is igneus, which means firery, burning.There is also Latin igne meaning fire.


What kind of name that comes from a Latin word that mean fire what kind of rock?

Igneous: these are rocks that solidified directly from molten silicates, which geologists call magma. Examples are: granite, basalt, pumice and flint (which is a form of quartz).


What did the name igneous rock name come from?

It comes from the Latin word ignis which means "fire."