Where does “Buntmetall” come from?
Buntmetall (German) comes from German metall, from Italian metallo, from Spanish metal, from Old Spanish metal, from Old French métal, from Latin metallum, from Ancient Greek μέταλλον, from Ancient Greek μέταλλευειν — to mine, quarry.
Buntmetall (German): Any non-ferrous metal that isn't a noble metal or light metal (e.g. copper, tin, lead)
Definitions
- Any non-ferrous metal that isn't a noble metal or light metal (e.g. copper, tin, lead)
Ancestry of “Buntmetall”, step by step
Buntmetall traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German metall
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | metall | metal |
| 2 | Italian | metallo | metal |
| 3 | Spanish | metal | metal |
| 4 | Old Spanish | metal | metal |
| 5 | Old French | métal | metal material |
| 6 | Latin | metallum | metal; precious metals, especially gold or... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | μέταλλον | A mine, quarry, or salt pit; metal |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | μέταλλευειν | to mine, quarry |
via German bunt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | bunt | mixed, varied, heterogeneous; multi-colored;... |
| 2 | Middle High German | bunt | — |
| 3 | Latin | punctus | pricked, punctured, pierced, having been pricked;... |
| 4 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |