'Marble' is a word borrowed from French 'marbre'. The word entered the English language some time around the 12th century.
marble [noun] [12th century]
- limestone that is more or less crystallized by metamorphism, that ranges from granular to compact in texture, that is c...
- something (as a piece of sculpture) composed of or made from marble
- something suggesting marble (as in hardness, coldness, or smoothness)
- a little ball made of a hard substance (as glass) and used in various games
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Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French 'marbre' from Latin 'marmor' from Greek 'marmaros'
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