Where does “milte” come from?
milte (Middle English) comes from Old English milte, from Proto-Germanic meltǭ, from Proto-Indo-European (s)meld- — to soften, to melt.
Ancestry of “milte”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old English | milte | spleen |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | meltǭ | spleen |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)meld- | to soften, to melt |
Words derived from “milte”