Where does “Metallgitter” come from?

Metallgitter (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.

Metallgitter (German): metal grid

Definitions

  1. metal grid

Ancestry of “Metallgitter”, step by step

Metallgitter 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 Gitter

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanGitterlattice, grid, mesh (of metal), grating, bars
2Old FrenchgeterAlternative form of jeter
3Middle High Germangatertogether; grating, fence
4Old High Germangataro
Every word from Ancient Greek μέταλλευειν