Etymograph

English

ferrocerium

From ferro- + cerium.

A compound of ferro- + cerium

Old Latin *fersom

Latin ferrum ‘iron’

English ferro-

Today it means

noun A pyrophoric alloy of iron and cerium that is used with a striker (a steel) to make the spark of a lighter or firestarter.

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