## Meanings
1. A message sent from one person to another using computers and the internet.
2. The system used for sending messages over the internet.
3. To send a message to someone using email.
4. An email address.

## Examples
- He sent me an email to remind me about the meeting.
- She prefers to contact her clients by email.
- I'll email you the link tonight.
- What's your email?

## Derived Forms
- e-barrassment
- emailee
- emailer
- emailgate
- emailware
- freemail
- play-by-email

## Related Forms
- webmail

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *(s)meld-
- Root: email
- Root: esmal
- Root: smaltum

## Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French email, from Old French esmal (“enamel”) (modern French émail (“enamel; vitreous enamel; glaze (coating on pottery)”)), from Medieval Latin smaltum (“enamel”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meld- (“to melt; to soften”). Doublet of smalt, smalto, and schmaltz.

## AI Etymology
Email is borrowed from Middle French email, from Old French esmal (“enamel”) (modern French émail (“enamel; vitreous enamel; glaze (coating on pottery)”)), from Medieval Latin smaltum (“enamel”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meld- (“to melt; to soften”). Doublet of smalt, smalto, and schmaltz. In current use, the main senses are “A message sent from one person to another using computers and the internet” and “The system used for sending messages over the internet”.

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