Translation
metal
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Word origin
From Latin metallum, from Greek metallon, which first meant a mine or quarry and only later the stuff dug out of it. The Greek verb behind it seems to have meant to search after, which is a fair description of mining.
- Origin
- Greek, via Latin
- Root
- metallon
- English cognates
- metal, metallurgy, medal
Examples
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Iron and gold are metals.
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The door is made of strong metal.
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That machine cuts metal.
Note the preposition for what a thing is made of: , out of. is a metal door, a gold ring, and the pattern holds for every material. The adjective is available and means made of metal or metallic in sound, so works exactly as it does in English. The trade is metalurgio, and o is a metal object, -- being the suffix for a concrete thing made from the root.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 19, lesson 10: metalo, plado, vulpo and 7 more words.