μέλος

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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Likely from a Proto-Indo-European *mel- (limb); compare Breton mell (joint), Cornish mal (id), Welsh cymmal (id), which are from Proto-Celtic *melsā (knuckle). For a semantic parallel (albeit from a different root), note Irish alt (joint; paragraph).[1] See also μέρος (méros, part, share), of similar meaning and superficial pronunciation but different origin.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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μέλος (mélosn (genitive μέλους or μέλεος); third declension

  1. part of a body, limb, member, part
    Synonyms: κῶλον (kôlon), ῥέθος (rhéthos)
  2. part of a group, member
  3. song, strain
  4. tune
  5. melody

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Greek: μέλος (mélos)

References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “μέλος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 927-8

Further reading

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Greek

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek μέλος (mélos).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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μέλος (mélosn (plural μέλη)

  1. member (of organisation, group, etc)
  2. (anatomy) limb, body member

Declension

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