Onyx

Morpheme

Onyx

Type

free base

Denotation

type of quartz so called for sometimes resembling the human fingernail, often jet-black; literally claw, nail

Etymology

Old French oniche; Latin onyx; Ancient Greek onyx

Evidence

Ailuronyx, onyx, sardonyx

Modern Base Analysis

unguis and onyx are doublets

Doublet

Unguis

See Also

Onych, Ungu, Ung