μῆλον
Ancient Greek
noun
Definitions
- apple
- any fruit from a tree
- (figuratively) a woman's breast
- (in the plural) cheeks
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂- (good, mature, ripen, timely, opportune, hand, wet, ripern).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*meh₂-
Gloss
good, mature, ripen, timely, opportune, hand, wet, ripern
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
良, 善
Emoji
🦸 🦸♀️ 🦸♂️
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Philomela English
- hamamelis English
- immature English
- malafide English
- malus English
- matinee English
- matins English
- *malifātiu(s), *malifatius Latin
- *malifātius Latin
- Matuta Latin
- Philomela Latin
- augurium Latin
- bonus Latin
- chamaemelon Latin
- chamoemelon Latin
- chamomilla Latin
- immanis Latin
- malefacio Latin
- malignus Latin
- malitas Latin
- malitia Latin
- malitās, malitas, malitātem Latin
- malus Latin
- mane Latin
- manis Latin
- mano Latin
- marmelos Latin
- maturus Latin
- melo Latin
- melopeponem Latin
- mālum cotōneum Latin
- māne Latin
- mātūrus Latin
- mātūtīnus Latin
- mēlopepō Latin
- pessica Latin
- philomela Latin
- fülemüle Hungarian
- malo Italian
- malheur French
- matinée French
- hamamelis Spanish, Castilian
- mal Spanish, Castilian
- malo Spanish, Castilian
- Θρασύμηλος Ancient Greek
- Κυδώνιος Ancient Greek
- Φιλομήλη Ancient Greek
- θρᾰσῠ́ς Ancient Greek
- μέλι Ancient Greek
- μήλινος Ancient Greek
- μήλωθρον Ancient Greek
- μηλάτης Ancient Greek
- μηλοκυδώνιον Ancient Greek
- μηλοπέπων Ancient Greek
- μηλοφύλαξ Ancient Greek
- μῶλος Ancient Greek
- πέπων Ancient Greek
- φίλος Ancient Greek
- φύλαξ Ancient Greek
- χαμαί Ancient Greek
- χαμαίμηλον Ancient Greek
- ἁμαμηλίς Ancient Greek
- ᾰ̔́μᾰ Ancient Greek
- *meh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *meh₂tis Proto-Indo-European
- *mel- Proto-Indo-European
- kamille Norwegian Bokmål
- marmelada Portuguese
- marmelo Portuguese
- *maiz Proto-Germanic
- マルメロ Japanese
- kamille Norwegian Nynorsk
- míol Irish
- míolchruthach Irish
- míolsiorc Irish
- *majati Proto-Slavic
- *maniti Proto-Slavic
- *māxàti Proto-Slavic
- mal Old French
- mal Catalan, Valencian
- malo Galician
- μήλο Greek (modern)
- μηλιά Greek (modern)
- μηλόκρασο Greek (modern)
- mil Welsh
- milcant Welsh
- milddail Welsh
- morfil Welsh
- míl Old Irish
- mial Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- meeyl Manx
- малус Bulgarian
- mëngjes Albanian
- מלפפון Hebrew (modern)
- mao Old Portuguese
- marmelo Old Portuguese
- *matis Proto-Celtic
- *mīlom Proto-Celtic
- 마르멜로 Korean
- *malos Proto-Italic
- *manus Proto-Italic
- aguamala Asturian
- malu Asturian
- mal Old Occitan
- malvat Old Occitan
- mala Sicilian
- mali Sicilian
- malu Sicilian
- מלפפון Aramaic
- mal Dalmatian
- mul Dalmatian
- *mil Proto-Brythonic
- mau Bourguignon
- malu Sardinian
- mal Interlingua