melo- · prefix1
- Ancient Greek · derived fromμέλος“limb, musical phrase, melody, song, tune”
- French · borrowed frommélo-
- English todaymelo-
From French mélo-, from Ancient Greek μέλος (mélos, “limb, musical phrase, melody, song, tune”).
melo- · prefix2
- Ancient Greek · derived fromμῆλον“cheek”
- English todaymelo-
From Ancient Greek μῆλον (mêlon, “cheek”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekμέλος all →
ameliadulcimermelodramamelosacromesomeliaamelichemimeliamelicmelomaniacmeromeliamicromeliananomeliapolymeliarhizomeliatetra-amelia
Ancient Greekμῆλον all →
meloschisis
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.