Etymology

Meleda

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Today it means: Synonym of Mljet: an island in the Adriatic Sea, Croatia. Full definition →

Italian Meleda ← Venetan Meleda ← Latin Melita
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromΜελίτη
  2. Latin · derived fromMelita
  3. Venetan · borrowed fromMeleda
  4. Italian · borrowed fromMeleda
  5. English todayMeleda

From Italian Meleda and Venetan Meleda, from Latin Melita, from Ancient Greek Μελίτη (Melítē), q.v. Doublet of Malta and Mljet.

Words from the same roots

LatinMelita all →

maltaMljet

Ancient GreekΜελίτη all →

malta

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