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molt en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

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

  1. (US, alt-of, standard) US standard spelling of moult.
    alt of moult

Forms

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molts Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

postmolt · premolt · intermolt · unmolted · molter · moltable

molt en · VERB · etymology 1

Etymology

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

  1. (US, alt-of, standard) US standard spelling of moult.
    alt of moult

Forms

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molted Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
molted Tense=Past lexicographic
molts Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
molting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

molt en · VERB · etymology 2

Etymology

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”).

Meanings

  1. (form-of, past, rare) simple past of melt
    form of melt