English
malleation
Malleation comes from Latin malleatio ‘hammering’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *melh₂-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*melh₂-root as named
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmalleatio‘hammering’
- Englishtodaymalleation
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*melh₂-root as named
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmalleatio‘hammering’
- Englishtodaymalleation
The story
Latin malleatio: compare Old French malleation.
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *melh₂-
mill, mild, meal, mold, mole, mould, mule, camo, molar, muller, bonanza, mull, moulin, melatonin, moline, maelstrom, amalgam, martel, amyl, malm, 41 more
Today it means
noun The act or process of malleating (beating into a plate, sheet, or leaf, as a metal)
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- / malleation