half-metallic en · ADJ · etymology 1
Etymology
From half- + metallic.
Meanings
- (not-comparable) Made half of a metal and half of some other material.
Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
From half- + metallic.
Etymology tree English half-metal Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English half-metallic From half-metal + -ic.