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Where does “eleomele” come from?

eleomele (Italian) comes from Italian mele, from Italian mela, from Latin mālum, from Ancient Greek μῆλον, from Proto-Indo-European (s)meh₁l- — small animal”; small animal.

eleomele (Italian): sweet oil; A balsam from Syria

Definitions

  1. sweet oil; A balsam from Syria

Ancestry of “eleomele”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmeleplural of mela
2Italianmelaapple
3Latinmālum—
4Ancient Greekμῆλονapple; any fruit from a tree; a woman's breast
5Proto-Indo-European(s)meh₁l-small animal”; small animal
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