Where does “demetallation” come from?
demetallation (English) comes from English metallation, from English metallate, from English metal, from French métal, from German metall, from Italian metallo, from Spanish metal, from Old Spanish metal — to mine, quarry.
demetallation (English): demetallization
Definitions
- demetallization
Ancestry of “demetallation”, step by step
demetallation traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English metallation
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | metallation | Alternative spelling of metalation |
| 2 | English | metallate | Any anion or salt containing a metal atom ligated... |
| 3 | English | metal | "Chemical elements or alloys, and the mines where... |
| 4 | French | métal | metal |
| 5 | German | metall | metal |
| 6 | Italian | metallo | metal |
| 7 | Spanish | metal | metal |
| 8 | Old Spanish | metal | metal |
| 9 | Old French | métal | metal material |
| 10 | Latin | metallum | metal; precious metals, especially gold or... |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | μέταλλον | A mine, quarry, or salt pit; metal |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | μέταλλευειν | to mine, quarry |
via English de
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | de | To do; Pronunciation spelling of the; A... |
| 2 | Chinese | 德 | — |
| 3 | Mandarin | 德意志 | — |
| 4 | German | Deutsch | German |
| 5 | Old High German | diutsch | — |
| 6 | Old High German | diutisc | Alternative form of diutisk; popular, vernacular;... |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | þiudisk | of the people, popular, vernacular |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | þiudiskaz | of the people, popular; of the tribe |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | þeudō | people, tribe |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | tewtéh₂ | people, tribe |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | tewh₂- | to swell; to crowd; to be strong |