Where does “miotaleolaíocht” come from?

miotaleolaíocht (Irish) comes from Irish miotal, from Middle Irish mital, from Old French métal, from Latin metallum, from Ancient Greek μέταλλον, from Ancient Greek μέταλλευειν — to mine, quarry.

miotaleolaíocht (Irish): metallurgy

Definitions

  1. metallurgy

Ancestry of “miotaleolaíocht”, step by step

miotaleolaíocht traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Irish miotal

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishmiotalmetal; mettle, spirit; hardihood
2Middle Irishmitalmetal
3Old Frenchmétalmetal material
4Latinmetallummetal; precious metals, especially gold or...
5Ancient GreekμέταλλονA mine, quarry, or salt pit; metal
6Ancient Greekμέταλλευεινto mine, quarry

via Irish eolaíocht

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irisheolaíochtscience; -logy
2Irish-achtNominal suffix, used to form abstract ideas or...
3Old Irish-acht-ness, -hood; forms abstract nouns
4Proto-Celtic-axtā—
5Proto-Celticaxtā—

Words derived from “miotaleolaíocht”

Every word from Ancient Greek μέταλλευειν →Every word from Ancient Greek μέταλλον →Every word from Latin metallum →