Where does “smeltable” come from?
smeltable (English) comes from English smelt, from Dutch smelten, from Dutch punt, from French point, from Middle French poinct, from Old French point, from Latin pūnctum, from Latin punctus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
smeltable (English): Capable of being smelted
Ancestry of “smeltable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | smelt | Any small anadromous fish of the family... |
| 2 | Dutch | smelten | to melt; to smelt |
| 3 | Dutch | punt | point; The terminal point of something; dot |
| 4 | French | point | point; full stop, period; stitch pattern |
| 5 | Middle French | poinct | point; not |
| 6 | Old French | point | a sting; a prick; moment; time; dot |
| 7 | Latin | pūnctum | — |
| 8 | Latin | punctus | pricked, punctured, pierced, having been pricked;... |
| 9 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |