Meaning
Malted grain (sprouted grain) (usually barley), used in brewing and otherwise.
Etymology
Origin: Old English
From Middle English malt, from Old English mealt, from Proto-West Germanic *malt, from Proto-Germanic *maltą (“malt”), from *maltaz (“soft; nesh; weak; squashy; melting”), from Proto-Indo-European *meld-, *mled- (“to crush; grind; make weak”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Moalt (“malt”), Dutch mout (“malt”), German Malz (“malt”), Swedish malt (“malt”), Old Church Slavonic младъ (mladŭ, “tender; young”), Russian молодой (molodoj, “young; fresh; new”). The Proto-Germanic noun was borrowed into Proto-Slavic as *malta; compare Ukrainian мо́лот (mólot), Czech mláto. More at melt.
Synonyms & Antonyms
NYT Puzzle Appearances
Accepted in 13 recorded puzzles:
- 2026-10-02TAILMNP
- 2026-07-31MAILOPT
- 2026-07-13MACILOT
- 2026-06-04MANIDLT
- 2026-04-19MATLINU
- 2025-09-24MAUTLEC
- 2025-04-25TAMICLY
- 2025-03-09MANGELT
- 2025-01-14LTMDINA
- 2024-11-15MAELOPT
- 2024-03-11MAYTLDN
- 2023-06-07MATLENY
+1 earlier appearances in the archive.