Etymology

eneolithic

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Today it means: Describing the Copper Age, which occurred between the Neolithic and the Bronze Age. Full definition →

Italian eneolitico ← Latin aeneus
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromaeneus“copper, bronze”
  2. Italian · borrowed fromeneolitico
  3. English todayEneolithic

Borrowed from Italian eneolitico, from Latin aeneus (“copper, bronze”).

Words from the same roots

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aeneous

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