-meal
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Englisch
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]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.
Suffix
[edit]-meal
- (rare or no longer productive) Used to denote a fixed number, measure, or amount at a time.
- wordmeal (“one word at a time, word by word”)
Derived terms
[edit]- bitmeal
- dropmeal
- flockmeal
- footmeal
- heapmeal
- inchmeal
- leafmeal
- littlemeal
- pagemeal
- piecemeal
- stepmeal
- stoundmeal
- thousandmeal
- whilemeal
- wordmeal
Etymology 2
[edit]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.
Suffix
[edit]-meal
- Denotes a powder made of ground cereal.
Derived terms
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