ironstone

ironstone

‘an iron ore’

Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:

    M.E. iron < O.E. iren variant (with rhotacism of -s-) of isen < Proto-G. isarn < Ce. isarnon + stone < is-(e)ro ‘powerful, holy’ < ai < eis < Tamil irumpu

Technical words derived from 'ironstone'

brown clay ironstone - பழுப்புக்களி வல்லிரும்பு.