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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek μῆλον (mêlon). Doublet of mālum, from dialectal Ancient Greek μᾶλον (mâlon). First attested in Petronius.
Pronunciation
Noun
mēlum n (genitive mēlī); second declension
- apple
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Synonyms
Descendants
References
- Alkire, Ti, Rosen, Carol (2010) Romance Languages: A Historical Introduction, University of Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, page 258
- Grandgent, Charles Hall (1907) An Introduction to Vulgar Latin (Heath's Modern Language Series), D. C. Heath & Company, page 195