meld

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To combine (multiple things) together; to blend, to fuse.

   One can meld copper and zinc together to form brass.

Simplified etymology

Meld was formed in the mid-20th century by blending melt with weld.

The verb is probably borrowed from Dutch melden (“to announce; to let (someone) know, report; (specifically) to declare in a card game”), ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *melþōn (“to announce, declare; to inform”), and Proto-Indo-European *meldʰ- (“to ask; to pray; to speak”). The noun is derived from the verb. Cognates * Dutch melden * Old English meldian (“to announce, declare; to inform, notify”) (Middle English melden (“to accuse, inform against; to announce, declare”))

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