Where does “hotmelt” come from?

hotmelt (English) comes from English hot, from Middle English hot, from Old English hāt, from Old English hātan, from Hungarian -an, from Hungarian -á, from Proto-Uralic -i.

hotmelt (English): An adhesive that is applied in a liquid molten...

Definitions

  1. An adhesive that is applied in a liquid molten...

Ancestry of “hotmelt”, step by step

hotmelt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English hot

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhotHaving a high temperature; Causing the air to be...
2Middle Englishhothot
3Old Englishhāthot, fervent, fervid, fierce
4Old Englishhātanto promise; to command, promise; to command, call...
5Hungarian-anAdded to an adjective to create an adverb; Added...
6HungarianUsed to form the third-person singular indicative...
7Proto-Uralic-i

via English melt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmeltMolten material, the product of melting; The...
2Middle Englishmeltento melt
3Old Englishmeltanto consume by fire, melt, burn up; dissolve,...
4Proto-Germanicmeltanąto dissolve; melt
5Proto-Indo-European(s)mel-false, erroneous; bad, evil
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