Where does “Metalloberfläche” come from?

Metalloberfläche (German) comes from German oberfläche, from Latin superficiēs, from Latin faciēs, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr.

Metalloberfläche (German): metal surface

Definitions

  1. metal surface

Ancestry of “Metalloberfläche”, step by step

Metalloberfläche traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German oberfläche

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanoberflächesurface
2Latinsuperficiēsthe top, surface
3Latinfaciēsmake, form, shape, figure, configuration
4Latinfaciōto do
5Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
6Latin-tōriusory
7Latin-tor-er
8Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
9Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
10Proto-Indo-European-tor-s

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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-sEvery word from Latin -toriumEvery word from Latin -tor
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