"etchant" meaning in All languages combined

See etchant on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: etchants [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree English etch Latin -ns Latin -āns Old French -antbor. Old English -ende Middle English -ant English -ant English etchant From etch + -ant. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|etch|-ant|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English etch Latin -ns Latin -āns Old French -antbor. Old English -ende Middle English -ant English -ant English etchant [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "present active participle", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "present active participle", "children" : [ ], "status" : "missing", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ns", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-āns", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "-ant", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword" : "bor" }, { "terms" : [ { "id" : "participle", "children" : [ ], "status" : "missing", "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "-ende", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-ant", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ant", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "etchant", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="etchant"> From etch + -ant., {{ety|en|:af|etch|-ant|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *h₁édti Proto-Germanic *etaną Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-Germanic *atjaną Proto-West Germanic *attjan Old High German ezzen Middle High German etzen German ätzenbor. Dutch etsenbor. English etch Proto-Indo-European *-onts Latin -ns Latin -āns Old French -antbor. Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-andz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ant English -ant English etchant From etch + -ant. Head templates: {{en-noun}} etchant (plural etchants)
  1. An acid or corrosive chemical used in etching. Synonyms: mordant Translations (chemical used in etching): leptadlo [neuter] (Czech), Ätzmittel [neuter] (German)

Inflected forms

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