Etymograph

English

demetallization

From de- + metal + -ization.

Formed from de + metal + ization

French de ‘of’

English de

Ancient Greek μέτᾰλλον ‘a mine’

Latin metallum ‘metal’

Old French metal ‘metal’

Middle English metal

English metal

Today it means

noun The process of removing traces of metal from a material (or from a surface), especially from a material that has been subjected to a metal-based catalysis

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