Where does “unsmeltable” come from?
unsmeltable (English) comes from English smeltable, from English smelt, from Dutch smelten, from Dutch punt, from French point, from Middle French poinct, from Old French point, from Latin pūnctum — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
unsmeltable (English): Not smeltable
Definitions
- Not smeltable
Ancestry of “unsmeltable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | smeltable | Capable of being smelted |
| 2 | English | smelt | Any small anadromous fish of the family... |
| 3 | Dutch | smelten | to melt; to smelt |
| 4 | Dutch | punt | point; The terminal point of something; dot |
| 5 | French | point | point; full stop, period; stitch pattern |
| 6 | Middle French | poinct | point; not |
| 7 | Old French | point | a sting; a prick; moment; time; dot |
| 8 | Latin | pūnctum | point |
| 9 | Latin | punctus | pricked, punctured, pierced, having been pricked;... |
| 10 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |