Where does “meleto” come from?

meleto (Italian) comes from Italian melo, from Vulgar Latin melus, from Latin malus, from Ancient Greek μηλέα, from Ancient Greek μῆλον, from Proto-Indo-European (s)meh₁l- — small animal”; small animal.

meleto (Italian): an orchard of apple trees

Definitions

  1. an orchard of apple trees

Ancestry of “meleto”, step by step

meleto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian melo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmeloapple tree, apple
2Vulgar Latinmelusapple tree
3Latinmalusunpleasant, distressing, painful, nasty, bad;...
4Ancient Greekμηλέαapple tree
5Ancient Greekμῆλονapple; any fruit from a tree; a woman's breast
6Proto-Indo-European(s)meh₁l-small animal”; small animal

via Ancient Greek μελετάω

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekμελετάωto care for, attend to
2Ancient Greek-άωForms verbs, usually from nouns in
3Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
4Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-
6Chichewaiyehe, she
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)meh₁l-Every word from Ancient Greek μῆλονEvery word from Ancient Greek μηλέα
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