Etymology

metalcraft

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Today it means: Metalworking. Full definition →

Old English cræft ← Proto-West Germanic *kraftu ← Proto-Germanic *kraftuz
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The story

  1. Latinmetallum
  2. Old Frenchmeta
  3. Middle Englishmetal
  4. Englishmetal
  5. Proto-Germanic*krafjaną
  6. Proto-Germanic*kraftuz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*kraftu
  8. Old Englishcræft
  9. English todaymetalcraft

From metal + -craft.

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