mélange
French
noun
Definitions
- mixture, blend
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French mélange inherited from Old French meslance derived from Frankish *misklinga (mixture, mix), *misklōn (mix) inherited from Old French mescler (mix up, mingle) inherited from Latin *misculō.
Origin
Latin
*misculō
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- melange English
- *misculāre Latin
- *misculō Latin
- misceō Latin
- misculata Latin
- Melange German
- mélangeable French
- mélanger French
- mélangeur French
- melanż Polish
- mescler Old French
- meslance Old French
- mesler Old French
- melanj Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- mélange Middle French
- *misklinga Frankish
- *misklōn Frankish