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5 letters · 10 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun the chief source of beryllium; colored transparent varieties are valued as gems
originInherited from Middle English beryl, from Old French beril, from Latin bērillus, bēryllus, from Ancient Greek βήρυλλος (bḗrullos, “beryl”), in turn borrowed from Middle Indic forms like Pali veḷuriya or Prakrit 𑀯𑁂𑀭𑀼𑀮𑀺𑀅 (verulia), from Dravidian, probably named after Velur (modern day Belur) in southern India.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0