Metal(l)

Morpheme

Metal(l)

Type

free base

Denotation

chemical element or alloy

Etymology

Middle English metal; Old French metal; Latin metallum; Ancient Greek métallon

Evidence

biometal, dimetal, ferrometal, gunmetal, metal, metalhead, metalled, metallic, metallicity, metallide, metalling, metallization, metalloaggregate, metalloform, metalloid, metallophone, metallophyte, metalloscope, metalmonger, metals, metalsmith, metaltail, metalworks, nanometal, nonmetal, organometallic, remetal, semimetal, trimetal