Etymology

manganiferous

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Today it means: Containing manganese Full definition →

English manganese ← French manganèse ← Italian manganese
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The story

  1. LatinMagnēsia
  2. Latinmagnēsius
  3. Medieval Latinmagnēsia
  4. Italianmanganese
  5. Frenchmanganèse
  6. Englishmanganese
  7. English todaymanganiferous

From manganese + -i- + -ferous.

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