11 letters · 18 points in Scrabble
adjective bearing or producing or containing calcium or calcium carbonate or calcite
originEtymology tree Latin calx Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Italic *-om Latin -umder. English -ium English calcium English calci- Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti Proto-Italic *ferō Latin ferō Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ōtsos or *-otsos Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous…
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