elt
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.38 in modern English
3
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
noun
noun
verb
Initialism of extract, load, transform.
verb
To work persistently or laboriously; be occupied in working (e.g. in the earth, rake among dirt, etc.).
British usage; Transitive verb
Example Sentences
Etymology
From Middle English elten (“to mold, knead, work”), from Old Norse elta (“to chase, hunt, knead”), from Proto-Germanic *alatjaną (“to drive, force, move”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁elh₂- (“to drive, move, go”). Cognate with Danish ælte (“to knead”), Swedish älta (“to dwell upon, brood, stir, knead”), Norwegian elte (“to knead”), Norwegian elta (“to pursue, plod”), Icelandic elta (“to chase”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Usage
- British usage
- Transitive verb
- Intransitive verb
Inflected Forms
ELTs (plural)
elts (present, singular)
elting (participle, present)
elted (participle, past)
elted (past)