Where does “metalmonger” come from?

metalmonger (English) comes from English metal, from French métal, from German metall, from Italian metallo, from Spanish metal, from Old Spanish metal, from Old French métal, from Latin metallum — to mine, quarry.

metalmonger (English): One who trades in metals

Definitions

  1. One who trades in metals

Ancestry of “metalmonger”, step by step

metalmonger traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English metal

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishmetal"Chemical elements or alloys, and the mines where...
2Frenchmétalmetal
3Germanmetallmetal
4Italianmetallometal
5Spanishmetalmetal
6Old Spanishmetalmetal
7Old Frenchmétalmetal material
8Latinmetallummetal; precious metals, especially gold or...
9Ancient GreekμέταλλονA mine, quarry, or salt pit; metal
10Ancient Greekμέταλλευεινto mine, quarry

via English monger

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmongerA dealer in a specific commodity; A person...
2Middle EnglishmongereA retailer; a merchant
3Old Englishmāngeretrader, merchant, dealer, monger
4Old Englishmāngianto trade, traffic, do as a monger
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