Etymology

amelcorn

A1M3E1L1C3O1R1N1

Today it means: Any of several types of awned wheat having a high starch content, especially emmer (Triticum turgidum subsp. dicoccum). Full definition →

German Amelkorn ← Dutch amelcoren, amelkoren ← Middle High German amel, amer
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The story

  1. Dutch · derived fromkoren“corn”
  2. German · derived fromKorn
  3. Dutch · derived fromemer“emmer”
  4. German · derived fromEmmer
  5. Dutch · derived fromamel
  6. Middle High German · derived fromamel, amer
  7. German · derived fromAmmel
  8. Dutch · borrowed fromamelcoren, amelkoren
  9. German · borrowed fromAmelkorn
  10. English todayamelcorn

From either German Amelkorn or Dutch amelcoren, amelkoren, respectively from German Ammel (from Middle High German amel, amer) and Dutch amel, variants of German Emmer and Dutch emer (“emmer”), + respectively German Korn and Dutch koren (“corn”).

Words from the same roots

GermanEmmer all →

emmer

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