Etymology

ferrosilicon

F4E1R1R1O1S1I1L1I1C3O1N1

Today it means: An alloy of iron and silicon used in steelmaking. Full definition →

English silicon ← French carbone ← Latin carbōnem
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The story

  1. Old Latin*fersom
  2. Latinferrum
  3. Englishferro-
  4. Latinsilex
  5. New Latinsilicium
  6. Englishsilicium
  7. Proto-Indo-European*kerh₃-der.?
  8. Latincarbōnem
  9. Frenchcarbone
  10. Englishcarbonbf.
  11. Englishsilicon
  12. English todayferrosilicon

From ferro- + silicon.

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