Etymology

metallise

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Today it means: Non-Oxford British spelling of metallize. Full definition →

English metal ← Middle English metal ← Old French meta
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  1. Latinmetallum
  2. Old Frenchmeta
  3. Middle Englishmetal
  4. Englishmetal
  5. English todaymetallise

From metal + -ise.

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