Etymology

metallize

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Today it means: To coat, treat or impregnate a non-metallic object with 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 todaymetallize

From metal + -ize.

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