melange
English
/məˈlɑnʒ/
noun
Definitions
- A mixture of different things; a disordered mixture.
- A Viennese coffee speciality, half steamed milk and half coffee.
- (geology) A large-scale breccia formed in the accretionary wedge over a subductional environment.
Etymology
Derived from French mélange derived from Middle French mélange derived from Old French meslance derived from Latin *misculāre, misceō (mix, I mix) derived from Frankish *-ingo (-ing).
Origin
Frankish
*-ingo
Gloss
-ing
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *misc(u)lāre, *misculare Latin
- *misc(u)lō, *misculo Latin
- *miscitāre Latin
- *misclāre Latin
- *misculāre Latin
- *misculō Latin
- admisceo Latin
- commisceo Latin
- emisceo Latin
- immisceo Latin
- intermisceo Latin
- misc(u)lāre, *misc(u)lō, *misculo Latin
- misceō Latin
- mistio Latin
- mistura Latin
- permisceo Latin
- promiscuus Latin
- remisceo Latin
- Melange German
- melieren German
- mescolare Italian
- démêler French
- emmêler French
- entremêler French
- mélange French
- mélanger French
- mêler French
- *meyḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- melanż Polish
- meslance Old French
- meslee Old French
- melanj Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- mesler Middle French
- mélange Middle French
- mescu Aromanian
- miscliçâ Friulian
- *-ingo Frankish
- *misklinga Frankish