"The latin word ‘tegula’ and its french derivative ‘tuile’
mean quite precisely a roof tile of baked clay.the english ‘tile’ is less precise, for it can in additionbe used of any kind of earthenware slab applied toany surface of a building.the word ‘ceramic’ comes from the greek word ‘keramos’meaning pottery, it is related to an old sanskrit root meaning‘to burn’ but was primarily used to mean ‘burnt stuff’"