Where does “metallic” come from?
Metallic derives from Latin metallicus, formed with the Latin suffix -icus from Proto-Indo-European -kos, ultimately from Ancient Greek μέταλλευειν.
metallic (English): Of, relating to, or characteristic of metal; Made...
Definitions
- Of, relating to, or characteristic of metal; Made...
Ancestry of “metallic”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | metallicus | yielding or abounding in metal; metallic; miner;... |
| 2 | Latin | -icus | belonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -ικός | of or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -κός | forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |
Words derived from “metallic”
- intermetallic
- metallicity
- nonmetallic
- organometallic
- polymetallic
- monometallic
- metallically
- semimetallic
- trimetallic
- submetallic
- heterometallic
- multimetallic
- unmetallic
- homometallic
- metallicness
- metallicly
- pseudometallic
- metallicize
- half-metallic
- radiometallic
- semimetallicity
- nanometallic
- biometallic
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