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Where does “malte” come from?

malte (French) comes from Maltese Malta, from Arabic مَالِطَا, from Latin Melita, from Ancient Greek Μελίτη, from Ancient Greek μέλι, from Proto-Indo-European mélid — honey.

malte (French): inflection of malter: ## first/third-person...

Definitions

  1. inflection of malter: ## first/third-person...

Ancestry of “malte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1MalteseMalta—
2Arabicمَالِطَا—
3LatinMelita—
4Ancient GreekΜελίτη—
5Ancient Greekμέλιhoney; anything sweet
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmélidhoney
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mélid →