English

Indian meal

From Indian + meal.

A compound of Indian + meal

Anglo-Norman indien

Middle English Indien

Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- ‘to measure’

Proto-Germanic *mēlą ‘time’

Proto-West Germanic *māl ‘time’

Old English mǣl ‘measure’

Middle English mel ‘a time’

English meal

The story

The word Indian here is used in its New World sense.

noun Cornmeal (made from maize); cornflour (made from maize).

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Indian meal