Etymology

molt

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English moult ← Middle English mouten ← Old English *mutian
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molt · verb, noun1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*mey-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*meyth₂-
  3. Latinmūtō
  4. Old English*mutian
  5. Middle Englishmouten
  6. Englishmoult
  7. English todaymolt

From moult.

molt · verb2

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)meld-
  2. Proto-Germanic*meltaną
  3. Proto-West Germanic*meltan
  4. Old Englishmeltan
  5. Middle Englishmolte
  6. English todaymolt

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”).

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