smaltum

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *smalt and/or *smaltī (“enamel, metallic alloy”). Documented from the year 913.

Noun

smaltum n (genitive smaltī); second declension (Early Medieval Latin)

1. enamel

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	smaltum	smalta
genitive	smaltī	smaltōrum
dative	smaltō	smaltīs
accusative	smaltum	smalta
ablative	smaltō	smaltīs
vocative	smaltum	smalta

Derived terms

• smaltatus

Descendants

• Franco-Provençal: (Albanais) émâlyo m, (Saxel) émâlya f
• Old French: esmal (see there for further descendants)
• Old Occitan: esmalt (see there for further descendants)

References

• "smaltum", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)