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Where does “inwall” come from?

inwall (English) comes from English Wall, from Middle English wall, from Old English weall, from Proto-Germanic wallaz, from Latin vallum, from Proto-Indo-European wēl-.

inwall (English): The refractory lining of the stack of a blast...

Definitions

  1. The refractory lining of the stack of a blast...

Ancestry of “inwall”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishWall—
2Middle EnglishwallAlternative form of wale
3Old Englishweallwall; fervour; uproar; boiled or mulled wine
4Proto-Germanicwallazwell, spring; wall, rampart, entrenchment
5Latinvallumwall, rampart, entrenchment
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwēl-—
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