Proto-Indo-European

*mel-

‘limb’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *mel-.

36 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *mel-, most familiar first.

• multiple ← multiplus ← multus ← *moltos ← *ml̥tós
• mole ← māl ← *mail ← *mailą
• multitude ← multitūdō ← multus ← *moltos ← *ml̥tós
• amelia ← μέλος
• mucho ← muito ← multum ← multus ← *moltos
• muy ← muito ← multum ← multus ← *moltos
• dulcimer ← doulcemelle ← dulce melos ← μέλος
• multifarious ← multifārius ← multus ← *moltos ← *ml̥tós
• melos ← μέλος
• multiflora ← multiflōrus ← multus ← *moltos ← *ml̥tós
• multiparous ← multiparus ← multus ← *moltos ← *ml̥tós
• mulier ← mulier(e) ← muil(l)eré ← *moljes

More words from *mel-

• melic
• acromesomelia
• amelic
• dysmelia
• hemimelia
• melomane
• melomaniac
• meromelia
• melophone
• micromelia
• mollification
• mulct
• muliebrity
• multitier
• multeity
• muliebral
• multitudinary
• multigenerous
• multitudinal
• multitudinism
• multitudinist
• nanomelia
• polymelia
• rhizomelia

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *mel-