mellor

Galician

/mɨˈʎɔɾ/

adj

Definitions

better
best

Etymology

Inherited from Old Portuguese mellor inherited from Latin melior (better).

Origin

Latin

melior

Gloss

better

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

meliorism English
melior Latin
melior, meliōrem Latin
meliorō Latin
meliōrāre Latin
meliōrō Latin
mélioratif French
melhor Portuguese
mieudre Old French
mellorar Galician
melloría Galician
mellor Old Portuguese
*meljōs Proto-Italic
meyor Asturian