Where does “marmalader” come from?
marmalader (English) comes from English marmalade, from Middle French marmelade, from Portuguese marmelada, from Galician marmelo, from Old Portuguese marmelo, from Latin melimelum, from Ancient Greek μελίμηλον, from Ancient Greek μῆλον — small animal”; small animal.
marmalader (English): A maker of marmalade
Definitions
- A maker of marmalade
Ancestry of “marmalader”, step by step
marmalader traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English marmalade
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | marmalade | Citrus fruit variant of jam but distinguished by... |
| 2 | Middle French | marmelade | — |
| 3 | Portuguese | marmelada | quince jam, quince cheese |
| 4 | Galician | marmelo | quince |
| 5 | Old Portuguese | marmelo | — |
| 6 | Latin | melimelum | honey apple, sweet apple |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | μελίμηλον | geniting, a variety of apple |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | μῆλον | apple; any fruit from a tree; a woman's breast |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)meh₁l- | small animal”; small animal |
via English ER
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ER | The statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of... |
| 2 | Turkish | er | early; brave; man, male |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | ایر | saddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal |
| 4 | Old Anatolian Turkish | ایر | early, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | ēder | saddle |