Etymology

mielie

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Today it means: Maize. Full definition →

Afrikaans mielie ← Portuguese milho
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The story

  1. Portuguese · derived frommilho
  2. Afrikaans · borrowed frommielie
  3. English todaymielie

From Afrikaans mielie, from Portuguese milho.

Words from the same roots

Afrikaansmielie all →

mealie

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.