English
melange
Melange comes from French mélange ‘mixture, blend’, and goes back to Latin misceō ‘mix’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmisceō‘mix’
- Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*misculārereconstructed
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400meslance
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600mélange
- Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘mixture, blend’
- Englishtodaymelange
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmisceō‘mix’
- Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*misculārereconstructed
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400meslance
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600mélange
- Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘mixture, blend’
- Englishtodaymelange
Linked words
through Latin misceō ‘mix’
mixture, miscellaneous, melee, meddle, miscellany, mell, 9 more
Today it means
noun A mixture of different things; a disordered mixture.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin misceō / melange