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Where does “melodios” come from?

melodios (Old French) comes from French mélodieux, from French mélodie, from Latin melōdia, from Ancient Greek μελῳδία, from Ancient Greek μελῳδός, from Ancient Greek μέλος, from Proto-Indo-European mel-, from Proto-Indo-European mey- — to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange.

Ancestry of “melodios”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmélodieuxsweet, melodious
2Frenchmélodiemelody
3Latinmelōdia—
4Ancient Greekμελῳδίαsong, singing; chant; music, melody
5Ancient Greekμελῳδόςmusical
6Ancient Greekμέλοςpart of a body, limb, member, part; part of a...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmel-soft; tender; weak; to deceive; to rub
8Proto-Indo-Europeanmey-to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange

Words derived from “melodios”

  • melodious
  • melodiously
  • unmelodious
  • melodiousness
  • unmelodiously
  • immelodious
  • unmelodiousness
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