malt
English
/mɑlt/
noun
Definitions
- Malted grain sprouted grain (usually barley), used in brewing and otherwise.
- Malt liquor, especially malt whisky.
- (US) A milkshake with malted milk powder added for flavor.
- Maltose-rich sugar derived from malted grain.
Etymology
Derived from Middle English malt derived from Old English mealt derived from Proto-Germanic *maltą (malt) derived from Proto-Indo-European *meld-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*meld-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -philic English
- -philous English
- Philomela English
- amylomaltase English
- carboxymaltose English
- house English
- isomaltase English
- isomaltose English
- maltase English
- malter English
- maltery English
- malthouse English
- maltin English
- maltiness English
- maltless English
- maltman English
- maltol English
- maltolate English
- maltose English
- maltoside English
- maltosyl English
- maltster English
- maltworm English
- malty English
- pamphlet English
- worm English
- -phila Latin
- Philomela Latin
- Philoxenus Latin
- acidophilus Latin
- maltophilius Latin
- philomela Latin
- Malz German
- Malzbier German
- -filo Italian
- maltaggio Italian
- maltare Italian
- maltasi Italian
- maltazione Italian
- malteria Italian
- malto Italian
- maltosio Italian
- havermout Dutch, Flemish
- maltose Dutch, Flemish
- mout Dutch, Flemish
- moutsuiker Dutch, Flemish
- malter French
- philanthrope French
- philogynie French
- младой Russian
- молодой Russian
- -filo Spanish, Castilian
- Διόφιλος Ancient Greek
- Φίληβος Ancient Greek
- Φιλοκράτης Ancient Greek
- Φιλοκτήτης Ancient Greek
- Φιλόδημος Ancient Greek
- Φιλόλαος Ancient Greek
- Φιλόξενος Ancient Greek
- φίλος Ancient Greek
- φιλέω Ancient Greek
- φιλοψευδής Ancient Greek
- φιλόδοξος Ancient Greek
- φιλότης Ancient Greek
- φιλύρα Ancient Greek
- *meld- Proto-Indo-European
- -filo Portuguese
- maltar Portuguese
- malte Portuguese
- maltose Portuguese
- *maltą Proto-Germanic
- malt Swedish
- mealt Old English
- malt Middle English
- -fileach Irish
- malt Old Norse
- *moldъ Proto-Slavic
- maltozo Esperanto
- -filo Galician
- มอลต์ Thai
- -φιλος Greek (modern)
- φίλος Greek (modern)
- filsafat Indonesian
- malt Middle Dutch
- malz Old High German
- malt Latvian
- malz Middle High German
- Malz Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- malt Old Dutch
- filipsescu Aromanian
- младъ Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- *pʰílos Proto-Hellenic