Etymology

tinware

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Today it means: Household items such as utensils, pots, and pans made from tin, generally before the development of metals with other benefits. Full definition →

Middle English ware ← Old English waru ← Proto-West Germanic *waru
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The story

  1. Englishtin
  2. Proto-Germanic*warō
  3. Proto-West Germanic*waru
  4. Old Englishwaru
  5. Middle Englishware
  6. English todaytinware

From tin + -ware.

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