Where does “cornmealy” come from?
cornmealy (English) comes from English cornmeal, from English meal, from English molé, from English Moll, from English mary, from French marie, from Old French Marie, from Latin Marīa.
cornmealy (English): Resembling cornmeal
Ancestry of “cornmealy”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | cornmeal | Dried corn milled to a coarse meal |
| 2 | English | meal | Food that is prepared and eaten, usually at a... |
| 3 | English | molé | Alternative spelling of mole |
| 4 | English | Moll | — |
| 5 | English | mary | A male homosexual |
| 6 | French | marie | first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 7 | Old French | Marie | — |
| 8 | Latin | Marīa | — |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | Μαρία | — |
| 10 | Hebrew | מִרְיָם | — |
| 11 | Aramaic | מרים | bitter |
| 12 | Biblical Hebrew | מִרְיָם | — |