The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromμέλας“black, dark”
- Latin · derived fromMelania
- French · borrowed fromMélanie
- English todayMelanie
From French Mélanie, from Latin Melania, the name of two Roman fifth century saints, from Ancient Greek μέλας (mélas, “black, dark”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekμέλας all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.