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Zink
German · 1500s
"a jagged metal deposit"
named by metallurgist Paracelsus, possibly from Zinke (prong), describing the metal's jagged crystal form
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zinc
English · 1650s
"a bluish-white metallic element"
settled as the English name for the bluish-white metallic element
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