Where does “galvanized” come from?
Galvanized comes from English galvanize, itself derived from the name of Luigi Galvani, an 18th-century Italian physicist whose experiments with electrical current inspired the term for coating metal with zinc to prevent corrosion.
galvanized (English): Alternative spelling of galvanised; simple past...
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- Alternative spelling of galvanised; simple past...
Ancestry of “galvanized”, step by step
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| 1 | English | galvanised | Of metal, coated with zinc as a form of... |
Words derived from “galvanized”