Vitric
/ˈvɪtrɪk/noun
Relating to glass or made of glass.
Did you know?Its ancestry runs through Latin *vitrum* meaning “glass,” a root that also gave English *vitreous* and the scientific term *vitric* for glassy textures in geology.
Etymological Timeline
Latin
Latin
vitrum
“glass; also a blue-green dye or color associated with woad”
Late Latin
Latin
vitricus
“of glass; glassy”
Middle English
English
vitric
“glassy; relating to glass”
Modern English
English
vitric
“relating to glass or having a glasslike quality”
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