galvanized 的詞源

1820年，“受到電鍍的影響”，過去分詞形容詞來自 galvanize。從1839年開始，“鍍鋅”的含義是“通過電鍍覆蓋金屬”，最初用於 galvanized iron。

Iron covered with zinc has been called galvanised iron, from the fact that we have two metals in different electrical conditions; the zinc, suffering chemical change, oxidising, and acting as a protecting agent to the iron. ["Hunt's Hand-Book to the Official Catalogues," 1851]

覆蓋鋅的鐵被稱爲鍍鋅鐵，因爲我們有兩種處於不同電狀態的金屬； 鋅會發生化學變化，氧化，並作爲保護劑對鐵起作用。[“亨特官方目錄手冊”，1851年]