cinder
English
/ˈsɪndɚ/
noun
Definitions
- Partially or mostly burnt material that results from incomplete combustion of coal or wood etc.
- An ember.
- Slag from a metal furnace.
- (dated) Any strong stimulant added to tea, soda water, etc.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English cinder inherited from Old English sinder (dross, scoria, cinder, slag, dross of iron, impurity of metal) inherited from Proto-Germanic *sindrą (dross, slag, cinder) derived from Proto-Indo-European *sendʰro- (cinder, scale, coagulating fluid, liquid slag).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*sendʰro-
Gloss
cinder, scale, coagulating fluid, liquid slag
Concept
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- becindered English
- block English
- cinderblock English
- cinderless English
- cinderlike English
- cindery English
- Sinter German
- Zinder German
- cendre French
- cendreux French
- cendrier French
- sinterizar Spanish, Castilian
- ἄνθραξ Ancient Greek
- *sendʰro- Proto-Indo-European
- sinterizar Portuguese
- *sindrą Proto-Germanic
- sinder Old English
- cinder Middle English
- cendre Old French
- cindro Esperanto
- sintar Old High German