ἄμυλον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “privative”) + μύλη (múlē, “mill”) - 'Not ground at a mill'

Adjective

ἄμυλον • (ámulon) n

1. inflection of ἀμύλος (amúlos):
   1. masculine accusative singular
   2. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular

Noun

ἄμυλον • (ámulon) n (genitive ἀμύλου); second declension

1. starch

Descendants

• Greek: άμυλο (ámylo)
• → Aramaic: עמילא (amilā), עמילנ (amilon)
  • → Middle Armenian: աւսլայ (awslay) (perhaps)
    • Armenian: օսլա (ōsla)
• → Classical Syriac: ܐܡܠܘܢ (/⁠ˀmlwn⁠/), ܐܡܘܠܘܢ (/⁠ˀmwlwn⁠/)
• → Hebrew: עֲמִילָן (amilan)
• → Latin: amylum (see there for further descendants)

References

“ἄμυλον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press