Where does “mullet” come from?

Mullet comes from Old French mulet, from Latin mullus, from Ancient Greek μύλλος, a type of fish.

mullet (English): A fish of the family Mullidae (order Syngnathiformes)

Definitions

  1. A fish of the family Mullidae (order Syngnathiformes)

Ancestry of “mullet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishmolet—
2Old Frenchmuletmullet
3Latinmullusmullet
4Ancient GreekμύλλοςA kind of fish brought salted from the Black Sea;...

Words derived from “mullet”

Every word from Ancient Greek μύλλος →