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The softest word for the softest rock, now banned from your baby's bottom.
means A fine, soft powder made from ground talc, used to dust skin and absorb moisture.
from From Latin 'talcum,' itself borrowed from Arabic 'talq,' and possibly further back to Persian — a word that traveled through medieval mineral and alchemical trade routes before settling into English to name the silky, greasy-feeling rock scraped and ground into powder.
- made from
- talc, the softest mineral known
- etymology
- from arabic word for gypsum, talq
- legal trouble
- linked to asbestos contamination lawsuits, billions paid
- replaced by
- cornstarch, in most modern powders now