Where does “Metallgewinnung” come from?

Metallgewinnung (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.

Metallgewinnung (German): metal extraction

Definitions

  1. metal extraction

Ancestry of “Metallgewinnung”, step by step

Metallgewinnung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German metall

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanmetallmetal
2Italianmetallometal
3Spanishmetalmetal
4Old Spanishmetalmetal
5Old Frenchmétalmetal material
6Latinmetallummetal; precious metals, especially gold or...
7Ancient GreekμέταλλονA mine, quarry, or salt pit; metal
8Ancient Greekμέταλλευεινto mine, quarry

via German Gewinnung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanGewinnungproduction; extraction; reclamation
Every word from Ancient Greek μέταλλευειν →Every word from Ancient Greek μέταλλον →Every word from Latin metallum →