Etymograph

English

remelt

From re- + melt.

A compound of re- + melt

Proto-Italic *wre- ‘again’

English re-

Proto-Indo-European *(s)meld- ‘to soften, melt’

Proto-Germanic *meltaną ‘to dissolve, to melt’

Proto-West Germanic *meltan ‘to dissolve, to melt’

Old English meltan ‘to melt’

Middle English melten ‘to blend or fuse’

English melt

Today it means

verb To melt again.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “remelt”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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