The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromμέλος“melody, song”
- Latin · derived fromdulce melos“sweet song”
- Old French · derived fromdoulcemelle
- English todaydulcimer
From Old French doulcemelle, probably from Latin dulce melos (“sweet song”), from Ancient Greek μέλος (mélos, “melody, song”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekμέλος all →
ameliamelodramamelosacromesomeliaamelichemimeliamelicmelo-melomaniacmeromeliamicromeliananomeliapolymeliarhizomeliatetra-amelia
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.