Where does “medler” come from?

medler (Middle English) comes from Old French medler, from Old French medlé, from Latin mespilum, from Ancient Greek μέσπιλον — medlar.

medler (Middle English): The common medlar or its fruit

Definitions

  1. The common medlar or its fruit

Ancestry of “medler”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old FrenchmedlerAlternative form of mesler
2Old Frenchmedlémixed; intermixed; past participle of medler
3LatinmespilumThe medlar
4Ancient Greekμέσπιλονmedlar

Words derived from “medler”

Every word from Ancient Greek μέσπιλον →Every word from Latin mespilum →Every word from Old French medlé →