Editing Bronze (section)

==Etymology==
[[File:HouMuWuDingFullView.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Houmuwu ding|Houmuwu ''ding'']] ({{lang-zh|s=后母戊鼎|p=Hòumǔwù dǐng}}), the heaviest [[Chinese ritual bronze]] ever found; 1300–1046 BC; [[National Museum of China]] (Beijing). This ding's name is based on the inscription in the bronze interior wall, which reads {{lang|zh-Latn|Hòumǔwù}}, meaning 'Queen Mother Wu']]
The word ''bronze'' (1730–1740) is borrowed from [[Middle French]] {{lang|frm|bronze}} (1511), itself borrowed from Italian {{lang|it|bronzo}} {{gloss|bell metal, brass}} (13th century, transcribed in [[Medieval Latin]] as {{lang|la-x-medieval|bronzium}}) from either:

* {{lang|und-Latn|bróntion}}, back-formation from [[Byzantine Greek]] {{lang|grc-Latn|brontēsíon}} ({{lang|grc|βροντησίον}}, 11th century), perhaps from {{lang|grc-Latn|Brentḗsion}} ({{lang|grc|Βρεντήσιον}}, {{gloss|[[Brindisi]]}}), reputed for its bronze;<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Kahane |first1=Henry |last2=Kahane |first2=Renée |date=1981 |title=Byzantium's Impact on the West: The Linguistic Evidence |journal=Illinois Classical Studies |volume=6 |issue=2 |page=395 |jstor=23062525 |jstor-access=}}</ref><ref>Originally {{cite journal |first=M.P.E. |last=Berthelot |title=Sur le nom du bronze chez les alchimistes grecs |journal=Revue archéologique |language=fr |date=1888 |pages=294–98}}</ref> or originally:
* in its earliest form from [[Persian language|Old Persian]] {{lang|fa-Latn|birinj}}, ({{lang|fa|برنج}}, {{gloss|brass}}, modern {{lang|fa-Latn|berenj}}) and {{lang|fa-Latn|piring}} ({{lang|fa|پرنگ}}) {{gloss|copper}},<ref>Originally {{cite book |first=Karl |last=Lokotsch |title=Etymologisches Wörterbuch der europäischen Wörter orientalischen Ursprungs |language=de |location=Heidelberg |publisher=Carl Winter's Universitätsbuchhandlung |date=1927 |page=1657}}</ref> from which also came [[Georgian language|Georgian]] {{lang|ka-Latn|brinǯi}} ({{lang|ka|ბრინჯი}}), [[Turkish language|Turkish]] {{lang|tr|pirinç}} from "bir" (one) "birinç" (primary), and [[Armenian language|Armenian]] {{lang|hy-Latn|brinj}} ({{lang|hy|բրինձ}}), also meaning {{gloss|bronze}}.