asbestos
Word family adjectiveasbesticnounasbestosisasbestos
as·bes·tos /æsˈbestəs/ noun [uncountableU] Origin asbestos (1600-1700) Latin Greek, “lime (= type of white powder which, when water is added to it, seems to burn)”, from asbestos “that cannot be put out”, from sbennynai “to put out a fire”