étain
French
noun
Definitions
- tin
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French estain inherited from Old French estain inherited from Latin stannum (tin, alloy of silver and lead, silver-tin alloy) derived from Proto-Celtic *stagnos.
Origin
Proto-Celtic
*stagnos
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- stannum English
- stanneus Latin
- stannum Latin
- stagno Italian
- organoétain French
- estain Old French
- estany Catalan, Valencian
- estaño Galician
- Sn Translingual
- stán Old Irish
- estain Middle French
- estanno Old Portuguese
- *stagnos Proto-Celtic
- estañu Asturian
- stagn Friulian
- estanno Old Spanish
- staen Breton
- *staɨn Proto-Brythonic