Where does “multe” come from?

multe (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from English mullet, from Middle English molet, from Old French mulet, from Latin mullus, from Ancient Greek μύλλος — A kind of fish brought salted from the Black Sea;...

multe (Norwegian Bokmål): a cloudberry plant; the perennial, dioecious plant Rubus chamaemorus, with kidney-shaped leaves, white flowers, and yellow fruit

Definitions

  1. a cloudberry plant; the perennial, dioecious plant Rubus chamaemorus, with kidney-shaped leaves, white flowers, and yellow fruit

Ancestry of “multe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmulletA fish of the family Mullidae (order Syngnathiformes)
2Middle Englishmolet—
3Old Frenchmuletmullet
4Latinmullusmullet
5Ancient GreekμύλλοςA kind of fish brought salted from the Black Sea;...

Words derived from “multe”

Every word from Ancient Greek μύλλος →Every word from Latin mullus →Every word from Old French mulet →