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means Grain, usually barley, that's been soaked until it sprouts, then dried and toasted to unlock its sugars for brewing or distilling.

from From Old English 'mealt,' tracing back to a Germanic root tied to 'melt' — fitting, since malting is really about softening grain and coaxing starches to dissolve into sugar. The word has stayed close to its roots for over a thousand years, long before anyone bottled what it became.