zinc.
zinc
Meaning & usage
zinc
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *h₃dóntsder. Proto-Germanic *tindaz Old High German zint? Old High German zinko Middle High German zinke German Zinke? German Zinkbor. French zincbor. Spanish zinc Borrowed from French zinc, borrowed from German Zink, possibly from Zinke, from Middle High German zinke, from Old High German zinko, possibly from zint, from Proto-Germanic *tindaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts, from *h₃ed- + *-ónts.
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