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Where does “sinter” come from?

sinter (English) comes from German sinter, from German sintern — to sinter.

sinter (English): An alluvial sediment deposited by a mineral...

Definitions

  1. An alluvial sediment deposited by a mineral...

Ancestry of “sinter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germansinterinflection of sintern: ## first-person singular...
2Germansinternto sinter

Words derived from “sinter”

  • sinterability
  • sinterable
  • sintery
Every word from German sintern →