Etymology

tin

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Today it means: A malleable, ductile, metallic element, resistant to corrosion, with atomic number 50 and symbol Sn. Full definition →

Middle English tin ← Old English tin ← Proto-West Germanic *tin
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  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*tiną
  2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*tin
  3. Old English · inherited fromtin
  4. Middle English · inherited fromtin
  5. English todaytin

From Middle English tin, from Old English tin, from Proto-West Germanic *tin, from Proto-Germanic *tiną.

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