English
hydrometallurgy
From hydro- + metallurgy.
A compound of hydro- + metallurgy
Proto-Indo-European *wed- ‘water’
Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ ‘water’
Proto-Hellenic *údōr ‘water’
Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ ‘water’
English hydro-
Ancient Greek μέτᾰλλον ‘mine, quarry’
Ancient Greek μεταλλουργός ‘miner’
French métallurgie
English metallurgy
Today it means
noun The field of extractive metallurgy involving the use of aqueous chemistry for the recovery of metals from ores, concentrates, and recycled or residual materials.
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Etymograph / hydrometallurgy