Etymology

ferromanganese

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Today it means: An alloy, of iron and manganese, used in the manufacture of steel. Full definition →

English manganese ← French manganèse ← Italian manganese
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The story

  1. Old Latin*fersom
  2. Latinferrum
  3. Englishferro-
  4. LatinMagnēsia
  5. Latinmagnēsius
  6. Medieval Latinmagnēsia
  7. Italianmanganese
  8. Frenchmanganèse
  9. Englishmanganese
  10. English todayferromanganese

From ferro- + manganese.

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