Where does “mail” come from?

mail (Romansch) comes from Vulgar Latin melum, from Latin mālum, from Ancient Greek μῆλον, from Proto-Indo-European (s)meh₁l- — small animal”; small animal.

mail (Romansch): apple

Definitions

  1. apple

Ancestry of “mail”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinmelumapple
2Latinmālumevil, adversity, hardship, misfortune, calamity, disaster, mischief
3Ancient Greekμῆλονapple; any fruit from a tree; a woman's breast
4Proto-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 Latin mālum →