Etymograph

English

ironshot

From iron + shot.

A compound of iron + shot

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 streaked, speckled, or marked with iron or an iron ore

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

Etymograph / ironshot