Where does “Metallpulver” come from?

Metallpulver (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.

Metallpulver (German): metal powder

Definitions

  1. metal powder

Ancestry of “Metallpulver”, step by step

Metallpulver 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 Pulver

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanPulverpowder; money
2Middle High Germanpulver
3Old High Germanpulver
4Proto-Germanic*pulver
5Latinpulvisdust, powder; an arena, place of contest
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpel-to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold
Every word from Ancient Greek μέταλλευειν