The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἄμυλον
- Latin · learned borrowing fromamylum
- English todayamylum
From Latin amylum, from Ancient Greek ἄμυλον (ámulon), from ἀ- (a-, “privative”) + μύλη (múlē, “mill”).
Words from the same roots
Latinamylum all →
amylamidinamylaceousamyliferousamylobacteramylometric
Ancient Greekἄμυλον all →
amylparamylon
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.