millet

millet · noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*melh₂-“to grind, crush”
2. Latin · derived frommilium
3. Middle French · derived frommillet
4. English todaymillet

From late Middle English, borrowed from Middle French millet; from Latin milium, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to grind, crush”), see also Ancient Greek μελίνη (melínē, “millet”) and Lithuanian málnos (“millet”). Not related to مِلَّة (milla).

millet · noun²

1. Arabic · derived fromمِلَّة
2. Ottoman Turkish · borrowed fromملت
3. English todaymillet

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ملت (millet), from Arabic مِلَّة (milla).

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