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Where does “permalloy” come from?

permalloy (English) comes from English alloy, from Old French aloi, from Old French aloiier, from Latin alligō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.

permalloy (English): Any of a class of nickel/iron alloys that have a...

Definitions

  1. Any of a class of nickel/iron alloys that have a...

Ancestry of “permalloy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishalloyA metal that is a combination of two or more...
2Old Frenchaloi—
3Old Frenchaloiierassemble, join
4Latinalligō—
5Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
6Latinīn-—
7Latinîn—
8Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
9Proto-Italicenin
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →