melt
English
/mɛlt/
noun
Definitions
- Molten material, the product of melting.
- The transition of matter from a solid state to a liquid state.
- The springtime snow runoff in mountain regions.
- A melt sandwich.
- A wax-based substance for use in an oil burner as an alternative to mixing oils and water.
- (UK) An idiot.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English melten (melt) inherited from Old English meltan (melt, consume by fire, digest, dissolve, burn up), mieltan (digest, melt, purge, refine, exhaust) inherited from Proto-Germanic *meltaną (melt, dissolve), *maltijaną (melt, dissolve) derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meld- (crush, beat, grind, weaken, melt, soften, smelt, make weak).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*(s)meld-
Gloss
crush, beat, grind, weaken, melt, soften, smelt, make weak
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- away English
- chain English
- chain-melted English
- chain-melted state English
- formelt English
- hot English
- hotmelt English
- ice English
- icemelt English
- meltability English
- meltable English
- meltage English
- meltaway English
- melter English
- meltest English
- melteth English
- meltiness English
- meltproof English
- meltwater English
- melty English
- nonmeltable English
- overmelt English
- remelt English
- snow English
- snowmelt English
- state English
- tuna English
- tuna melt English
- undermelt English
- unmelt English
- unmeltability English
- unmeltable English
- water English
- μέλδομαι Ancient Greek
- *(s)mel- Proto-Indo-European
- *(s)meld- Proto-Indo-European
- *maltijaną Proto-Germanic
- *meltaną Proto-Germanic
- *meltǭ Proto-Germanic
- *miltiją Proto-Germanic
- *multanaz Proto-Germanic
- *smultaz Proto-Germanic
- formeltan Old English
- meltan Old English
- mieltan Old English
- formelten Middle English
- melten Middle English
- tomelten Middle English
- melta Old Norse
- melta Icelandic
- melting Icelandic
- *smalt gmw-pro
- smeltan Old Saxon
- smölten Low German