Etymology

biometal

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Today it means: Any metal that has a biochemical function. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  2. Ancient Greekβῐ́ος (bĭ́os)
  3. Ancient Greekβῐο- (bĭo-)
  4. Englishbio-
  5. Latinmetallum
  6. Old Frenchmeta
  7. Middle Englishmetal
  8. Englishmetal
  9. English todaybiometal

From bio- + metal.

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