mel
Middle English
/ˈmɛːl/
noun
Definitions
- A time, occasion or event.
- The occasion when a meal is consumed; mealtime.
- A meal or feast.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English mǣl (measure, marker, occasion, time for eating, speech, meal, time, set time) inherited from Proto-Germanic *mēlą (time, measure, occassion, meal, measurement, sign, mark).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*mēlą
Gloss
time, measure, occassion, meal, measurement, sign, mark
Concept
Semantic Field
Time
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- barleymeal English
- beanmeal English
- bearmeal English
- beremeal English
- bloodmeal English
- branmeal English
- cornmeal English
- daymeal English
- fishmeal English
- guestmeal English
- intermeal English
- intrameal English
- maizemeal English
- meal English
- mealbag English
- mealer English
- mealless English
- mealman English
- mealmonger English
- mealprep English
- mealtide English
- mealtime English
- mealworm English
- mealworm beetle English
- mealy English
- midmeal English
- milletmeal English
- nonmeal English
- nutmeal English
- peameal English
- peasemeal English
- postmeal English
- premeal English
- ricemeal English
- rockmeal English
- ryemeal English
- soymeal English
- speltmeal English
- stonemeal English
- undermeal English
- wheatmeal English
- wholemeal English
- woodmeal English
- *meh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *mēlamiz Proto-Germanic
- *mēlą Proto-Germanic
- dægmæl Old English
- mǣl Old English
- undernmæl Old English
- béile Irish
- mál Old Norse
- 𐌼𐌴𐌻 Gothic
- *māl gmw-pro