Where does “ferronickel” come from?
ferronickel (English) comes from English Ferro, from Italian ferro, from Latin ferrum, from Cornish -er, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre — he, she.
ferronickel (English): A ferroalloy of iron and nickel
Definitions
- A ferroalloy of iron and nickel
Ancestry of “ferronickel”, step by step
ferronickel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Ferro
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ferro | El Hierro |
| 2 | Italian | ferro | iron; first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 3 | Latin | ferrum | iron; any tool made of iron; fight, clash |
| 4 | Cornish | -er | Forms masculine agent nouns |
| 5 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 6 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 7 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 8 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 13 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via English Nickel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Nickel | A silvery elemental metal with an atomic number of 28 and symbol Ni |
| 2 | Swedish | Nickel | nickel (chemical element) |
| 3 | Swedish | kopparnickel | — |
| 4 | German | kupfernickel | cupronickel |
| 5 | German | kupfer | copper (chemical element, Cu, atomical number 29) |
| 6 | Middle High German | kupfer | — |
| 7 | Old High German | kupfar | copper |
| 8 | Latin | cūprum | copper (the metal) |
| 9 | Latin | cȳprium | — |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | Κύπρος | Cyprus |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | -ῐος | belonging to; of”, “belonging to”, “pertaining to |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |