Etymology

hydromel

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Today it means: Mead, especially one of low alcohol content. Full definition →

Latin hydromel ← Ancient Greek ὕδωρ
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromὕδωρ“water”
  2. Latin · borrowed fromhydromel
  3. English todayhydromel

Borrowed from Latin hydromel, hydromeli, from hydro- (from Ancient Greek ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”)) + mel (“honey”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekὕδωρ all →

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