Etymology

dimetal

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Today it means: Involving two metals; especially involving a bond between two metal atoms. Full definition →

English metal ← Middle English metal ← Old French meta
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*dwi-
  4. Ancient Greekδῐ- (dĭ-)
  5. Latindi-
  6. Englishdi-
  7. Latinmetallum
  8. Old Frenchmeta
  9. Middle Englishmetal
  10. Englishmetal
  11. English todaydimetal

From di- + metal.

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