Etymograph

English

Milgram

Milgram comes from Yiddish מילגרוים ‘pomegranate’, and goes back to Latin mālum.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmālum
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEgrānātum
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmālogrānātum‘a pomegranate’by way of Middle High German malgram
  4. Yiddishmodernמילגרויםmilgroym‘pomegranate’
  5. EnglishtodayMilgram

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history not traced here.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmālum
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEgrānātum
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmālogrānātum‘a pomegranate’by way of Middle High German malgram
  4. Yiddishmodernמילגרויםmilgroym‘pomegranate’
  5. EnglishtodayMilgram

Linked words

through Latin mālum

malic, malum

through Latin grānātum

grenadier, 1 more

Today it means

name A surname from Yiddish

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

Etymograph / Latin mālum / Milgram

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