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
- present participle of melt; Which is melting,...
Ancestry of “melting”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | melt | Molten material, the product of melting; The... |
| 2 | Middle English | melten | to melt |
| 3 | Old English | meltan | to consume by fire, melt, burn up; dissolve,... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | meltaną | to dissolve; melt |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)mel- | false, erroneous; bad, evil |
Words derived from “melting”