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μέταλλον

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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Likely from Pre-Greek [1] because of the presence of -αλλο- (-allo-).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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μέταλλον (métallonn (genitive μετάλλου); second declension

  1. a mine, quarry, or salt pit
  2. metal

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Old Armenian: մետաղ (metał)
  • Georgian: მეტალი (meṭali)
  • Greek: μέταλλο (métallo)
  • Latin: metallum (see there for further descendants)

References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “μέταλλον”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 937

Further reading

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