Where does “émaillé” come from?
émaillé (French) comes from French émailler, from French émail, from English email, from Middle French email, from Old French esmal, from Latin smaltum, from Frankish smalt, from Proto-Germanic smeltaną — to soften, to melt.
émaillé (French): past participle of émailler; enamel
Definitions
- past participle of émailler; enamel
Ancestry of “émaillé”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | émailler | to enamel; to mar, spoil, blemish |
| 2 | French | émail | enamel; vitreous enamel; glaze |
| 3 | English | A system for transferring messages from one... | |
| 4 | Middle French | — | |
| 5 | Old French | esmal | enamel |
| 6 | Latin | smaltum | enamel |
| 7 | Frankish | smalt | melted fat; fat, lard; oil, semi-liquid fat |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | smeltaną | to melt |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)meld- | to soften, to melt |