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molt en · NOUN · etymology 1
Etymology
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Proto-Indo-European *mey-?
Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der.
Latin mūtōder.
Old English *mutian
Middle English mouten
English moult
English molt
From moult.
Meanings
(US, alt-of, standard) US standard spelling of moult.
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *mey-?
Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der.
Latin mūtōder.
Old English *mutian
Middle English mouten
English moult
English molt
From moult.
Meanings
(US, alt-of, standard) US standard spelling of moult.
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *(s)meld-der.
Proto-Germanic *meltaną
Proto-West Germanic *meltan
Old English meltan
Middle English molte
English molt
From Middle English molte, the 2sg and subj. sg. past tense of melten (“to melt”), and also from a reduced form of molten (the general plural indicative past tense, used with we and they), from Old English multe, multon and multen, respectively the 2sg / subj. sg., plural indicative, and plural subjunctive preterite forms of meltan (“to melt, to digest, to be fully destroyed”).