英语词汇“Indo-European root: melit-”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

Indo-European root: melit-

释义

‌‌melit-
Honey.

hydromel, marmalade, melilot, membrillo, oenomel, from Greek meli, honey.
1. melliferous, mellifluous, molasses, from Latin mel (stem mell‑), honey, from *meld‑, syncopated from *melid‑;
2. suffixed zero-grade form *ml̥d-to‑, "honied." mousse, from Latin mulsus, honey-sweet.
mildew, from Old English mildēaw, honeydew, nectar, from Germanic compound *melith-dauwaz, honeydew (a substance secreted by aphids on leaves; it was formerly imagined to be distilled from the air like dew; *dauwaz, dew; see dheu-¹), from *melith‑.

[Pokorny meli-t 723.]

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