Etymology

bimetal

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Today it means: Consisting of two metals. Full definition →

English metal ← Middle English metal ← Old French meta
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  3. Proto-Italic*dwi-
  4. Latinbi-
  5. Englishbi-
  6. Ancient Greekμέταλλον (métallon)
  7. Latinmetallum
  8. Old Frenchmeta
  9. Middle Englishmetal
  10. Englishmetal
  11. English todaybimetal

From bi- + metal.

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