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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

-meal en · X · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /miːl/

Etymology

From Middle English -mele, from Old English -mǣlum (“at times”), from Proto-Germanic *mēlamiz, instrumental case of Proto-Germanic *mēlą (“measure; time”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian -moal, Dutch -maal, German Low German -maal, German -mal. More at meal.

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic, morpheme, rare) Used to denote a fixed number, measure, or amount at a time.
    • wordmeal (“one word at a time, word by word”)

Deriveds

littlemeal · stoundmeal · thousandmeal · whilemeal · pagemeal · heapmeal · footmeal · stepmeal · dropmeal · piecemeal · leafmeal · inchmeal · bitmeal · wordmeal · flockmeal

-meal en · X · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /miːl/

Etymology

From Middle English mele, from Old English melu (“meal, flour”), from Proto-Germanic *melwą (“meal, flour”), from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to grind, mill”). More at meal.

Meanings

  1. (morpheme) Denotes a powder made of ground cereal.

Deriveds

cornmeal · oatmeal · bonemeal · peasemeal