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malty

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.08 in modern English

Syllables
malty
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, pertaining to, containing, or characteristic of malt

Etymology

Etymology tree English malt Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English malty From malt + -y.

Inflected Forms

maltier (comparative) maltiest (superlative)

Derived Forms

maltiness

Questions

What does malty mean?
Of, pertaining to, containing, or characteristic of malt
Where does malty come from?
Etymology tree English malt Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English malty From malt + -y.

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