Etymology

scalding

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Today it means: Hot enough to burn. Full definition →

English scald ← Middle English scalden ← Old Northern French escalder
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scalding · adjective, verb, noun1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  2. Proto-Italic*eks
  3. Latinex
  4. Latinex-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*ḱleh₁-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ḱl̥h₁éh₁yeti
  7. Proto-Italic*kalēō
  8. Latincaleō
  9. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  10. Latincalidus
  11. Latincaldus
  12. Latinexcaldō
  13. Old Northern Frenchescalder
  14. Middle Englishscalden
  15. Englishscald
  16. English todayscalding

From scald + -ing.

scalding · noun2

  1. Middle Dutch · derived fromschelling“shilling”
  2. Old French · derived fromescalin
  3. English todayscalding

From Old French escalin, from Middle Dutch schelling (“shilling”). Doublet of shilling.

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