Where does “zincare” come from?
zincare (Italian) comes from Romanian zinca, from Romanian zinc, from French zinc, from German zink, from Middle High German zinke, from Old High German zinko, from Proto-Germanic tindaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₃dónts — to eat.
zincare (Italian): transitive; to galvanise; to coat with zinc
Definitions
- transitive; to galvanise; to coat with zinc
Ancestry of “zincare”, step by step
zincare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian zinca
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | zinca | to zinc |
| 2 | Romanian | zinc | zinc metal |
| 3 | French | zinc | zinc |
| 4 | German | zink | singular imperative of zinken; first-person... |
| 5 | Middle High German | zinke | tine, prong |
| 6 | Old High German | zinko | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | tindaz | tooth; cog; peg; tine; nail; spike; prong; peak;... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃dónts | tooth |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ed- | to eat |