Synonyms & related words for chatoyancy

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Words related to chatoyancy

Explore words related to chatoyancy — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include chatoyance, chatoyant, cymophane, iridescence, chrysoberyl, pleochroism, chalcedony, alexandrite. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does chatoyancy come from?

The word chatoyancy breaks down into 2 roots of French and Latin origin: chatoy, from French chat (“cat”); and -ancy, from Latin -antia (“quality or state of”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.