diaspro

Borrowed from Medieval Latin diasprum, derived from Latin iaspis, from Ancient Greek ἴασπις (íaspis). See also iaspide.

• IPA^(key): /diˈas.pro/, /ˈdjas.pro/
• Rhymes: -aspro
• Hyphenation: di‧à‧spro, dià‧spro

diaspro m (plural diaspri)

1. (mineralogy) jasper
2. (poetic, by extension) any hard stone

• diaspro in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• Sporadi, di sopra, diraspo, disopra, disparo, doparsi, rapsodi

Borrowed from Italian diaspro, ultimately from Ancient Greek ἴασπις (íaspis).

diaspro m (plural diaspros)

1. (mineralogy) jasper

   Synonym: jaspe

• Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “jaspe”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume III (G–Ma), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 499

• “diaspro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024