Where does “メロ” come from?

メロ (Japanese) comes from Japanese メロディ, from English Melody, from Middle English melodie, from Old French melodie, from Latin melōdia, from Ancient Greek μελῳδία, from Ancient Greek μελῳδός, from Ancient Greek μέλος — to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange.

メロ (Japanese): Chilean sea bass; the Patagonian toothfish;...

Definitions

  1. Chilean sea bass; the Patagonian toothfish;...

Ancestry of “メロ”, step by step

メロ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese メロディ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseメロディmelody; jingle; short song; tune; melody
2EnglishMelodyA sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
3Middle EnglishmelodieMelodiousness; the quality of being musically harmonious or pleasant
4Old Frenchmelodie
5Latinmelōdiamelody
6Ancient Greekμελῳδίαsong, singing; chant; music, melody
7Ancient Greekμελῳδόςmusical
8Ancient Greekμέλοςpart of a body, limb, member, part; part of a...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanmel-soft; tender; weak; to deceive; to rub
10Proto-Indo-Europeanmey-to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange

via Spanish mero

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishmeromere; pure; grouper
2Latinmerussheer, undiluted, pure
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmer-to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland

Words derived from “メロ

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mey-Every word from Proto-Indo-European mel-Every word from Ancient Greek μέλος