Where does “Mereni” come from?
Mereni (English) comes from Romanian Mereni, from Romanian măr, from Vulgar Latin melus, from Latin malus, from Ancient Greek μηλέα, from Ancient Greek μῆλον, from Proto-Indo-European (s)meh₁l- — small animal”; small animal.
Ancestry of “Mereni”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | Mereni | — |
| 2 | Romanian | măr | apple; apple tree |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | melus | apple tree |
| 4 | Latin | malus | unpleasant, distressing, painful, nasty, bad;... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | μηλέα | apple tree |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | μῆλον | apple; any fruit from a tree; a woman's breast |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)meh₁l- | small animal”; small animal |