Where does “melimēlum” come from?

melimēlum (Latin) comes from Ancient Greek μελίμηλον, from Ancient Greek μῆλον, from Proto-Indo-European (s)meh₁l- — small animal”; small animal.

melimēlum (Latin): a sweet kind of apple

Definitions

  1. a sweet kind of apple

Ancestry of “melimēlum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekμελίμηλονgeniting, a variety of apple
2Ancient Greekμῆλονapple; any fruit from a tree; a woman's breast
3Proto-Indo-European(s)meh₁l-small animal”; small animal

Words derived from “melimēlum”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)meh₁l- →Every word from Ancient Greek μῆλον →Every word from Ancient Greek μελίμηλον →