Etymology

niello

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Today it means: Any of various black metal alloys, made of sulphur with copper, silver or lead, used to create decorative designs on other metals. Full definition →

Italian niello ← Latin nigellus
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromnigellus“blackish”
  2. Italian · borrowed fromniello
  3. English todayniello

Borrowed from Italian niello, from Latin nigellus (“blackish”).

Words from the same roots

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