Where does “almond-furnace” come from?
almond-furnace (English) comes from English Almain, from Middle English Alemaine, from Anglo-Norman Allemaine, from Old French Alemaigne, from Latin Alamannia, from Latin Alemannī, from Proto-Germanic Alamann-, from Proto-Germanic alamann- — to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,...
almond-furnace (English): A furnace in which slags of litharge left in...
Definitions
- A furnace in which slags of litharge left in...
Ancestry of “almond-furnace”, step by step
almond-furnace traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Almain
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Almain | A German; A kind of dance. See allemande; German |
| 2 | Middle English | Alemaine | — |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | Allemaine | — |
| 4 | Old French | Alemaigne | — |
| 5 | Latin | Alamannia | — |
| 6 | Latin | Alemannī | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | Alamann- | an Alamanni man |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | alamann- | mankind |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | mann- | human, human being, person, individual; name of... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | men- | to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,... |