English
amelia
Amelia comes from Ancient Greek μέλος ‘limb’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEμέλοςmélos‘limb’
- Englishearliest quotation 2006amelia
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEμέλοςmélos‘limb’
- Englishearliest quotation 2006amelia
Earliest quotation: 2006, Patrizia Ferretti, Andrew Copp: “As already mentioned, limb deficiencies – amelias and meromelias…”
Formed from a-
Proto-Indo-European *uds- ‘up, out’
Proto-Germanic *uz- ‘out-’
Proto-West Germanic *uʀ- ‘up, out, over’
English a-
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *mel- ‘limb’
multiple, mole, multitude, mucho, muy, multifarious, 28 more
through Ancient Greek μέλος ‘limb’
Today it means
noun The congenital absence of one or more limbs.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek μέλος / amelia