Where does “merișor” come from?

merișor (Romanian) comes from Romanian măr, from Vulgar Latin melus, from Latin malus, from Ancient Greek μηλέα, from Ancient Greek μῆλον, from Proto-Indo-European (s)meh₁l- — small animal”; small animal.

merișor (Romanian): cranberry (Vaccinium)

Definitions

  1. cranberry (Vaccinium)

Ancestry of “merișor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianmărapple; apple tree
2Vulgar Latinmelusapple tree
3Latinmalusunpleasant, distressing, painful, nasty, bad;...
4Ancient Greekμηλέαapple tree
5Ancient Greekμῆλονapple; any fruit from a tree; a woman's breast
6Proto-Indo-European(s)meh₁l-small animal”; small animal
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)meh₁l- →Every word from Ancient Greek μῆλον →Every word from Ancient Greek μηλέα →