Where does “melting” come from?

Melting comes from Middle English melten, Old English meltan, Proto-Germanic meltaną, and Proto-Indo-European (s)meld-, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root mel- meaning to crush or grind.

melting (English): present participle of melt; Which is melting,...

Definitions

  1. present participle of melt; Which is melting,...

Ancestry of “melting”, step by step

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

Words derived from “melting”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)mel- →Every word from Proto-Germanic meltaną →Every word from Old English meltan →