Where does “melanje” come from?
melanje (Haitian Creole) comes from French mélanger, from French mélange, from Middle French mélange, from Old French meslance, from Old French mescler, from Vulgar Latin misculare, from Latin misceō, from Proto-Italic mikskō — to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange.
melanje (Haitian Creole): to blend, to mix
Definitions
- to blend, to mix
Ancestry of “melanje”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | mélanger | to mix, to mix up |
| 2 | French | mélange | mixture, blend; first-person singular present... |
| 3 | Middle French | mélange | — |
| 4 | Old French | meslance | — |
| 5 | Old French | mescler | to mingle, mix up |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | misculare | present active infinitive of *misculō |
| 7 | Latin | misceō | to mix; to mingle; to intermingle |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | mikskō | to mix |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | miḱ-sḱé- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | meyḱ- | to mix |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | mey- | to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange |