Where does “e-mailer” come from?

e-mailer (French) comes from French e-mail, from English e-mail, 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.

e-mailer (French): to e-mail

Definitions

  1. to e-mail

Ancestry of “e-mailer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenche-mailAn e-mail
2Englishe-mailAlternative spelling of email
3EnglishemailA system for transferring messages from one...
4Middle Frenchemail
5Old Frenchesmalenamel
6Latinsmaltumenamel
7Frankishsmaltmelted fat; fat, lard; oil, semi-liquid fat
8Proto-Germanicsmeltanąto melt
9Proto-Indo-European(s)meld-to soften, to melt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)meld-
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