κασσίτερος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • καττίτερος (kattíteros) Attic

Etymology

An Elamite origin has been suggested but, according to Beekes, the group "σσ/ττ" is typically Pre-Greek, so the word would have come from Greece or Western Anatolia, like μόλυβδος (mólubdos, lead).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κασσίτερος (kassíteros) m (genitive κασσῐτέρου); second declension

  1. tin
    Synonym: βούλλα (boúlla)

Inflection

Derived terms

  • κασσιτερᾶς (kassiterâs)
  • Κασσιτερίδες (Kassiterídes)
  • κασσιτέρινος (kassitérinos)
  • κασσιτεροποιός (kassiteropoiós)
  • κασσιτερουργός (kassiterourgós)
  • κασσιτερόω (kassiteróō)

Descendants

Further reading


Greek

Noun

κασσίτερος (kassíteros) m (uncountable)

  1. (chemistry, metallurgy) tin

Declension

Coordinate terms

Further reading

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