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amylum
Amylum comes from Latin amylum ‘starch’, from Ancient Greek μύλη ‘mill’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- ‘to grind’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*melh₂-‘to grind’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*mólāreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEμύλη‘mill’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἄμυλονámulon
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEamylum‘starch’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*melh₂-‘to grind’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*mólāreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEμύλη‘mill’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἄμυλονámulon
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEamylum‘starch’
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- ‘to grind’
miller, meal, mill, mild, mold, mole, mould, mule, muller, bonanza, molar, mullet, melatonin, mull, camo, malleable, moulin, maelstrom, amalgam, martel, moline, malm, 38 more
through Latin amylum ‘starch’
Today it means
noun starch
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- / amylum