Where does “Zincoln” come from?
Zincoln (English) comes from English Lincoln, from Middle English Lincolne, from Old English Lindcylene, from Latin colōnia, from Latin colōnus, from Latin colō, from Latin quelō, from Proto-Italic kʷelō — to turn.
Zincoln (English): A Lincoln cent produced after 1982, made from copper-plated zinc rather than its earlier composition of 95% copper
Definitions
- A Lincoln cent produced after 1982, made from copper-plated zinc rather than its earlier composition of 95% copper
Ancestry of “Zincoln”, step by step
Zincoln traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Lincoln
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Lincoln | A brand of American automobile; An English breed... |
| 2 | Middle English | Lincolne | — |
| 3 | Old English | Lindcylene | the city of Lincoln, England |
| 4 | Latin | colōnia | A colony, settlement |
| 5 | Latin | colōnus | farmer, especially a kind of tenant farmer or sharecropper; husbandman; tiller of the soil |
| 6 | Latin | colō | to cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden |
| 7 | Latin | quelō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | to inhabit |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |
via English zinc
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | zinc | A chemical element with an atomic number of 30,... |
| 2 | German | zink | singular imperative of zinken; first-person... |
| 3 | Middle High German | zinke | tine, prong |
| 4 | Old High German | zinko | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | tindaz | tooth; cog; peg; tine; nail; spike; prong; peak;... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃dónts | tooth |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ed- | to eat |