Etymograph

English

half-metallic

From half- + metallic.

A compound of half- + metallic

Proto-Germanic *halbaz ‘half’

Proto-Germanic *halba-

English half-

Ancient Greek μέταλλον ‘metal’

Latin metallum ‘metal’

Latin metallicus ‘yielding or abounding in metal’

English metallic

Today it means

adj Made half of a metal and half of some other material.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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