English
ferronickelplatinum
From ferro- + nickel + platinum.
Formed from ferro- + nickel + platinum
Ancient Greek λᾱός ‘people’
Ancient Greek Νῑκόλᾱος
Latin Nīcolāus
German Nikolaus ‘a representation of St. Nicholas’
German Nickel
English nickel
Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂- ‘flat’
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Ancient Greek πλατύς ‘wide’
Vulgar Latin *plattus ‘flattened’
Spanish plata ‘silver’
Spanish platina ‘little silver’
English platinum
Today it means
noun A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal silver white mineral containing iron, nickel, and platinum.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / ferronickelplatinum