Where does “mêlée” come from?
mêlée (English) comes from French mêlée, from Old French meslee, from Latin misculō, from Latin misceō, from Proto-Italic mikskō, from Proto-Indo-European miḱ-sḱé-, from Proto-Indo-European meyḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European mey- — to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange.
mêlée (English): Alternative spelling of melee
Definitions
- Alternative spelling of melee
Ancestry of “mêlée”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | mêlée | fray; scrum; feminine singular of the past... |
| 2 | Old French | meslee | feminine singular of the past participle of... |
| 3 | Latin | misculō | — |
| 4 | Latin | misceō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | mikskō | to mix |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | miḱ-sḱé- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | meyḱ- | to mix |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | mey- | to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange |