Marble Origin Of Word

The word marble derives from the ancient greek μάρμαρον mármaron from μάρμαρος mármaros crystalline rock shining stone perhaps from the verb μαρμαίρω marmaírō to flash sparkle gleam.

Marble origin of word.

Statues and parts of buildings are sometimes made of marble. The earlier adjective in this sense was marbrin early 14c. A type of very hard rock that has a pattern of lines going through it feels cold and can be. Marble english origin history from anglo norman and old french marbre from latin marmor from ancient greek μάρμαρος perhaps related to μαρμάρεος gleaming.

Uncountable noun oft noun noun marble is a type of very hard rock which feels cold when you touch it and which shines when it is cut and polished. The forms from french replaced old english marma which had previously been borrowed from latin. Much of the early classical marble came from the marmaris sea above the aegean. From 1590s as resembling marble in some figurative quality cold hard insensible etc.

Marble cake is attested from 1864.