Where does “mullets” come from?

mullets (English) comes from English mullet, from Middle English molet, from Old French mulet, from Latin mullus, from Ancient Greek μύλλος — A kind of fish brought salted from the Black Sea;...

mullets (English): plural of mullet

Definitions

  1. plural of mullet

Ancestry of “mullets”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmulletA fish of the family Mullidae (order Syngnathiformes)
2Middle Englishmolet—
3Old Frenchmuletmullet
4Latinmullusmullet
5Ancient GreekμύλλοςA kind of fish brought salted from the Black Sea;...
Every word from Ancient Greek μύλλος →