word-forming element meaning "stone, rock," from Modern Latin -lithus or French -lithe (see -lith).
1899, from German batholith (1892), coined by German geologist Eduard Suess from Greek bathos "depth" (see benthos) + -lith "stone."
1854, from German Gastrolith (by 1843) or Modern Latin gastrolithus, from gastro- "stomach" + -lith "stone."
updated on December 20, 2012
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