Where does “emailee” come from?

emailee (English) comes from English email, from Middle French email, from Old French esmal, from Latin smaltum, from Frankish smalt, from Proto-Germanic smeltaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)meld- — to soften, to melt.

emailee (English): The person to whom an email is sent

Definitions

  1. The person to whom an email is sent

Ancestry of “emailee”, step by step

emailee traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English email

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishemailA system for transferring messages from one...
2Middle Frenchemail—
3Old Frenchesmalenamel
4Latinsmaltumenamel
5Frankishsmaltmelted fat; fat, lard; oil, semi-liquid fat
6Proto-Germanicsmeltanąto melt
7Proto-Indo-European(s)meld-to soften, to melt

via English EE

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishEEInitialism of electrical engineering
2Cantonese噫—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)meld- →