აზბესტი (azbesti)=asbestos=ἄσβεστος

აზბესტი (azbesti)=asbestos=ἄσβεστος

WIKTIONARY: Etymology

Old French abeste, from Ancient Greek ἄσβεστος (asbestos, “unquenchable, inextinguishable”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + σβέννυμι (sbennumi, “I quench, quell”).