Where does “galvanneal” come from?

galvanneal (English) comes from English anneal, from Middle English anelen, from Middle English elen, from Middle English ele, from Old English ele, from Proto-Germanic *oli, from Latin oleum, from Ancient Greek ἔλαιον.

galvanneal (English): A hard form of steel made by galvanizing and then annealing

Definitions

  1. A hard form of steel made by galvanizing and then annealing

Ancestry of “galvanneal”, step by step

galvanneal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English anneal

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishannealTo subject to great heat and then cooling, and...
2Middle Englishanelen
3Middle Englishelento anoint
4Middle Englisheleeel
5Old Englisheleoil
6Proto-Germanic*oli
7Latinoleumolive oil; the palaestra
8Ancient Greekἔλαιονolive oil, commonly used as an anointing oil; any...
9Ancient Greekἐλαίαolive tree; olive; naevus
10Proto-Hellenicelaíwā
11Proto-Indo-Europeanloiwom

via English galvanize

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgalvanizeTo coat with a thin layer of metal by...
2Frenchgalvaniserto galvanize
3Frenchgalvanismegalvanism
4French-ïsme-ism, variant of -isme following vowels
5Latin-ismaAlternative form of -ismus; -ism
6Latin-ismus-ism
7Ancient Greek-ισμόςForms abstract nouns
8Ancient Greek-μόςForms abstract nouns
9Proto-Indo-European-mósCreates action/result nouns from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European loiwom
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