Etymology

galvanise

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French galvaniser
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  1. French · borrowed fromgalvaniser
  2. English todaygalvanise

From French galvaniser, from galvanisme, named after Italian physiologist Luigi Aloisio Galvani (1737–1798). By surface analysis, galvano- + -ise.

Words from the same roots

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