Where does “sweetmeal” come from?
sweetmeal (English) comes from English wholemeal, from English meal, from English molé, from English Moll, from English mary, from French marie, from Old French Marie, from Latin Marīa.
sweetmeal (English): Wholemeal and sweet
Definitions
- Wholemeal and sweet
Ancestry of “sweetmeal”, step by step
sweetmeal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English wholemeal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | wholemeal | containing or made from the whole grain,... |
| 2 | English | meal | Food that is prepared and eaten, usually at a... |
| 3 | English | molé | Alternative spelling of mole |
| 4 | English | Moll | A pet name for Mary |
| 5 | English | mary | A male homosexual |
| 6 | French | marie | first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 7 | Old French | Marie | — |
| 8 | Latin | Marīa | Mary mother of Jesus |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | Μαρία | Mary, Maria |
| 10 | Hebrew | מִרְיָם | — |
| 11 | Aramaic | מרים | bitter |
| 12 | Biblical Hebrew | מִרְיָם | — |
via English sweet
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sweet | Having a pleasant taste, especially one relating... |
| 2 | Middle English | swete | sweet, pleasant-tasting; sweet in smell;... |
| 3 | Old English | swēte | sweet |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | swōtī | sweet |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | swōtuz | sweet |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | swéh₂dus | sweet |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sweh₂d- | sweet |