Where does “guestmeal” come from?
guestmeal (English) comes from English meal, from English molé, from English Moll, from English mary, from French marie, from Old French Marie, from Latin Marīa, from Ancient Greek Μαρία.
guestmeal (English): a meal in which there is at least one guest; a...
Definitions
- a meal in which there is at least one guest; a...
Ancestry of “guestmeal”, step by step
guestmeal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English meal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | meal | Food that is prepared and eaten, usually at a... |
| 2 | English | molé | Alternative spelling of mole |
| 3 | English | Moll | A pet name for Mary |
| 4 | English | mary | A male homosexual |
| 5 | French | marie | first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 6 | Old French | Marie | — |
| 7 | Latin | Marīa | Mary mother of Jesus |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | Μαρία | Mary, Maria |
| 9 | Hebrew | מִרְיָם | — |
| 10 | Aramaic | מרים | bitter |
| 11 | Biblical Hebrew | מִרְיָם | — |
via English guest
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | guest | A recipient of hospitality, especially someone... |
| 2 | Middle English | gest | A guest, visitor; somebody staying at another's... |
| 3 | Old Norse | gestr | guest |
| 4 | Proto-Norse | ᚷᚨᛊᛏᛁᛉ | guest |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | gastiz | stranger, guest |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰóstis | stranger, host |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |