stalactite
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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stalactite icicle-like deposit of carbonate of lime pendent from a cave-roof. XVI. — modL.
stalactītēs, f. Gr.
stalaktós dropping, dripping, f.
stalak-, base of
stalássein drip, let drip; see
-ITE.
So
stalagmite similar deposit rising from the floor of a cave. XVIII. — modL.
stalagmītēs, f. Gr.
stálagma,
stalagmós.
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