Etymograph

English

ironbound

From iron + bound.

A compound of iron + bound

Proto-Celtic *īsarnom

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Proto-West Germanic *īsarn

Old English īsern ‘the metal iron’

Old English īren

Middle English iren ‘iron’

English iron

Today it means

adj Bound with iron, ironclad.

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

Etymograph / ironbound