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.

milte (Middle English): spleen

Definitions

  1. spleen

Ancestry of “milte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishmiltespleen
2Proto-Germanicmeltǭspleen
3Proto-Indo-European(s)meld-to soften, to melt

Words derived from “milte”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)meld- →Every word from Proto-Germanic meltǭ →Every word from Old English milte →