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megalith

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Noun — A large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument.

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Etymology

Ultimately from the PIE word *méǵh₂s. Formed from mega- (a prefix meaning ‘very large, great’) and -lith (a suffix meaning ‘stone’, from Ancient Greek λίθος (líthos, “stone”)); it is a back-formation from megalithic, probably modelled on monolith.

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