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melancolía f. (Noun) "meloncholy" 13th cent. Old Spanish malenconía. From Late Latin melancholia 'id.,' borrowed from Ancient Greek μελαγχολία ‎(melank^holía) "black bile" (but more literally "bile-black"). From μέλας ‎(mélas) "black" (see melena (1)) and χολή (k^holé) "gall" (see hiel). Beekes, R. S. P. Etymological Dictionary of Greek. BRILL. 2014. Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
melena (1) f. (Noun) "bloodied stool;" "bloodied vomit" 13th cent. From Latin melena 'id.' Borrowed from Ancient Greek μέλαινα (mélaina) "black" (m. μέλας (mélas)). From Proto-Indo-European *mel(h₂)-n- "black." Indo-European Balto-Slavic Old Prussian melne "blue spot," Lithuanian męl̃ns "black" Beekes, R. S. P. Etymological Dictionary of Greek. BRILL. 2014. Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
melena (2) f. (Noun) "long hair;" "mane" Early 17th cent. From Arabic melina "softened," and probably through the Moors. Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/.
melón (1) m. (Noun) "melon" Very early 15th cent. From Late Latin melonem, accusative of melo 'id.,' apocopation of earlier melopeponem "fruit (in the shape of an apple)." Borrowed from Ancient Greek μηλοπέπων (melopépon) 'id.,' a compound of μῆλον ‎(mêlon) "apple," "stonefruit" (see manzana) and πέπων ‎(pépon) "ripe." From Proto-Indo-European *pek^w- "to cook," the same root behind cocer. Sometimes used as an adjectival denoting awkward or uncomfortable behavior. Also the origin of a town in Orense. Indo-European Celtic Middle Welsh pobi, Middle Breton pibi, Cornish pobas Albanian Albanian pjek Balto-Slavic Old Church Slavonic pešti, Russian peč, Czech péci, Cakavian pȅći, Lithuanian kèpti Hellenic Ancient Greek πέσσειν (péssein), Mycenaean -po-qo "baker" Indo-Iranian Sanskrit pácanti, Young Avestan pacaiti Tocharian A päk- B päk- Beekes, R. S. P. Etymological Dictionary of Greek. BRILL. 2014. Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
melón (2), meloncillo (Noun) "Egyptian mongoose" 14th cent. From Vulgar Latin melonem, accusative of melo 'id.' From Latin meles "badger." Of unknown origin, but compare Welsh bele "marten," Variants Western Vulgar Latin: Asturian melón, Catalan melón Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Dictionnaire Étymologique Roman. Online. Ed. by É. Buchi & W. Schweickard. 2018. http://www.atilf.fr/DERom. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
memoria f. (Noun) "memory" From Latin memoria 'id.,' from memor "mindful." From Proto-Italic *me-mn-or- 'id.' From Proto-Indo-European *me-mn-os- 'id.' From the root *mei̯- "to be mindful (of)." Indo-European Romance Portuguese memória, French mémoire, Italian memoria, Romanian memorie Hellenic Ancient Greek μαίνομαι (maínomai) "to rage" de Vaan, M. Etymological Dictionary of Latin and Other Italic Languages. BRILL. 2014. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
-men Remnant of a noun-forming suffix in Latin. From Latin -men 'id.' From Proto-Italic *-men 'id.' From Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ 'id.' Indo-European Balto-Slavic Old Church Slavonic -me Hellenic Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-ma) Armenian Armenian -awn Indo-Iranian Sanskrit -man, Avestan -man de Vaan, M. Etymological Dictionary of Latin and Other Italic Languages. BRILL. 2014. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
menguar (Verb) "to wane" 12th cent. From Vulgar Latin *minuare 'id.,' from Latin minuere "to diminish." From Proto-Italic *minu-je/o- 'id.' From Proto-Indo-European *mi̯-n-h₁- 'id.,' an n-infix from the root *mei̯h₁- "less." Indo-European Romance Asturian menguar, Portuguese minguar, Galician minguar, Italian minuire Germanic Gothic mins "less," Old Norse minnr 'id.,' Old High German mind 'id.,' Old Saxon min 'id.' Hellenic Ancient Greek μείων (meíon) "smaller" Indo-Iranian Sanskrit minā́ti "to damage" Tocharian B maiwe "small" Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. de Vaan, M. Etymological Dictionary of Latin and Other Italic Languages. BRILL. 2014. Dictionnaire Étymologique Roman. Online. Ed. by É. Buchi & W. Schweickard. 2018. http://www.atilf.fr/DERom. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
menor (Adverb, Noun) "young;" "minor" 12th cent. From Latin minor 'id.' From Proto-Italic *minos 'id.' From Proto-Indo-European *mi̯-n-u̯- 'id.,' an n-infix attached to *mei̯h₁- "small." As a surname, Menor was taken in sign of religious humility. Indo-European Romance Portuguese menor, Galician menor, Catalan menor, French mineur, Italian minore, Romanian minor, Sardinian minore Italic Oscan mins "less" Germanic Gothic mins "less," Old Norse minnr 'id.,' Old High German mind 'id.,' Old Saxon min 'id.' Hellenic Ancient Greek μείων (meíon) "smaller" Indo-Iranian Sanskrit minā́ti "to damage" Tocharian B maiwe "small" Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. de Vaan, M. Etymological Dictionary of Latin and Other Italic Languages. BRILL. 2014. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008. Tibón, G. Diccionario etimológico comparado de los apellidos españoles, hispanoamericanos y filipinos. Editorial Diana: Mexico. 1988.
menos (Adverb) "less" 11th cent. From Latin minus 'id.,' neuter of minor (see menor). Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.