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Where does “electrometallurgy” come from?

electrometallurgy (English) comes from English metallurgy, from French métallurgie, from Ancient Greek ἔργον, from Proto-Hellenic wérgon, from Proto-Indo-European wérǵom, from Proto-Indo-European werǵ- — to make.

electrometallurgy (English): The deposit of a metal coating on a prepared...

Definitions

  1. The deposit of a metal coating on a prepared...

Ancestry of “electrometallurgy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmetallurgyThe science of metals; their extraction from...
2Frenchmétallurgiemetallurgy
3Ancient Greekἔργονdeed, doing, action; labour, work, task;...
4Proto-Hellenicwérgonwork
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwérǵomwork
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwerǵ-to make
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