Etymology

metalation

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Today it means: Any chemical reaction in which a hydrogen atom is replaced by one of a metal Full definition →

English metal ← Middle English metal ← Old French meta
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  1. Ancient Greekμέταλλον (métallon)
  2. Latinmetallum
  3. Old Frenchmeta
  4. Middle Englishmetal
  5. Englishmetal
  6. English todaymetalation

From metal + -ation.

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