SMITH  , a worker in metals . The O . Eng. smid, Du. smid, Ger . Schmied, &c., are from an obsolete Teut. verb smeithan, to forge . The See also:

• ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
• ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )

root is seen in Gr. o sLXtl, a graver's See also:

• TOOL (0. Eng. tdl, generally referred to a root seen in the Goth. taujan, to make, or in the English word " taw," to work or dress leather)

tool . It is apparently not connected with " smooth," where an See also:

• ORIGINAL

original in has been lost . There is no See also:

• FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

foundation for the old etymological guess which identifies " smith " with " to smite, " as the one who smites or beats See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron . When used without such qualification as appears in " See also:

• GOLDSMITH
• GOLDSMITH, LEWIS (c. 1763–1846)
• GOLDSMITH, OLIVER (1728–1774)

goldsmith," " silversmith," &c., the See also:

• TERM

term means a worker in iron, especially as indicating a " blacksmith," one who forges iron, as opposed to " whitesmith," the finisher and polisher of iron, or " tinsmith," a worker in See also:

• TIN (Lat.- stannum, whence the chemical symbol " Sn "; atomic weight =117.6, 0=16)

tin . The word has originated one of the commonest of See also:

• ENGLISH

English surnames, sometimes taking various archaic forms (See also:

• SMYTH (or SMITH), JOHN (c. 1570-1612)
• SMYTH (or SMITH), WILLIAM (c. 1460-1514)
• SMYTH, CHARLES
• SMYTH, SIR WARINGTON WILKINSON (1817-1890)

Smyth, Smythe, Smigth, &c.; also See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German See also:

• SCHMIDT, H
• SCHMIDT, HEINRICH JULIAN (1818-1886)
• SCHMIDT, KARL VON (1817-1875)
• SCHMIDT, WILHELM ADOLF (1812-1887)

Schmidt) .