Malt definition
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Origin of malt
- Middle English from Old English mealt mel-1 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Old English mealt, malt, from Proto-Germanic *maltą. Cognate with Dutch mout, German Malz, Swedish malt. The Proto-Germanic noun is likely a borrowing from Proto-Slavic *malta; compare Ukrainian молот (mólot), Czech mláto.
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