Words that come from Latin “mespilum”

33 words across 13 languages descend from Latin mespilum — including piecemeal, oatmeal, medley, intermeddle, medlar, intermeddler, piecemealed, oatmealy.

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English (10)

Old French (6)

Middle English (6)

Portuguese (2)

Latin (1)

Danish (1)

Dutch (1)

Old High German (1)

Middle High German (1)

Japanese (1)

Korean (1)

Spanish (1)

Taos (1)