Etymology

ironware

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Today it means: Articles made of iron, as household utensils, tools, and the like. Full definition →

Middle English ware ← Old English waru ← Proto-West Germanic *waru
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁ēsh₂r̥no-der.?
  2. Proto-Celtic*īsarnom
  3. Proto-Germanic*īsarną
  4. Proto-West Germanic*īsarn
  5. Old Englishīsern
  6. Old Englishīren
  7. Middle Englishiren
  8. Englishiron
  9. Proto-Germanic*warō
  10. Proto-West Germanic*waru
  11. Old Englishwaru
  12. Middle Englishware
  13. English todayironware

From iron + -ware.

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