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granum
Latin · ancient
"a grain"
a grain, describing the coarse-grained texture of the rock
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granito
Italian · 1600s
"a grainy, speckled rock"
settled in Italian for the speckled, grainy stone
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granite
English · 1640s
"a hard, coarse-grained igneous rock"
adopted directly for the coarse-grained igneous rock
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