Etymology

metallide

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Today it means: Any compound of a metal with a more electropositive element Full definition →

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ← English metal ← Middle English metal
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The story

  1. Latinmetallum
  2. Old Frenchmeta
  3. Middle Englishmetal
  4. Englishmetal
  5. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  6. English todaymetallide

From metal + -ide.

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