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- Ancient Greek · derived fromμέλας“black, dark”
- English todaymela-
From Ancient Greek μέλας (mélas, “black, dark”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekμέλας all →
MelaniemelatoninMelanesiamelas
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
mela-
Today it means: black; dark Full definition →
Ancient Greek μέλας