English
Melilla
Melilla comes from Arabic مَلِيلْيَة, and goes back to Tarifit mlilt.
- Tarifitmodernmlilt
- Arabicc. 500–presentمَلِيلْيَةmalīlya
- Spanishc. 1500–presentMelilla
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Tarifitmodernmlilt
- Arabicc. 500–presentمَلِيلْيَةmalīlya
- Spanishc. 1500–presentMelilla
- Englishtodaysame form
Every English word from Tarifit mlilt
Today it means
name An autonomous city of Spain and exclave at the edge of Morocco.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Tarifit mlilt / Melilla