Etymology

Milan

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Today it means: A city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Milan and the region of Lombardy, Italy. Full definition →

Middle English Milane ← Old English Mæġelan ← French Milan
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Milan · proper noun1

  1. Latin · derived fromMediolānum
  2. Medieval Latin · derived fromMediolāna
  3. French · derived fromMilan
  4. Old English · inherited fromMæġelan
  5. Middle English · inherited fromMilane
  6. English todayMilan

Inherited from Middle English Milane, Melan, etc., from Old English Mæġelan, Megelan, Mediolana burg, etc. under influence from early forms of French Milan, from Medieval Latin Mediolāna etc., from Latin Mediolānum, q.v. As American settlements, typically after the Italian city. Doublet of Milano.

Milan · proper noun2

  1. Slavic · borrowed from
  2. English todayMilan

Borrowed from Slavic.

Words from the same roots

LatinMediolānum all →

Mediolanum

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