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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 , especially the...
2Middle Englishmolet—
3Old Frenchmuletmullet
4Latinmullusmullet
5Ancient GreekμύλλοςA kind of fish brought salted from the Black Sea;...
Every word from Ancient Greek μύλλος →