Where does “melia” come from?
melia (Hawaiian) comes from English plumeria, from Translingual Plumeria, from French plumier, from French plume, from Italian piuma, from Spanish pluma, from Latin plūma, from Proto-Italic plouksmā — to fly, flow, run.
melia (Hawaiian): frangipani
Definitions
- frangipani
Ancestry of “melia”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | plumeria | frangipani |
| 2 | Translingual | Plumeria | genus |
| 3 | French | plumier | pencil box |
| 4 | French | plume | feather; quill; nib, the writing end of a... |
| 5 | Italian | piuma | feather, plume; down; plumage |
| 6 | Spanish | pluma | feather; pen, fountain pen; ballpoint pen |
| 7 | Latin | plūma | feather, plume |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | plouksmā | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | plúnksneh₂ | feather |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | plú-n-k- | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | plewk- | to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | plew- | to fly, flow, run |