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millet

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(Engels)

  1. (countable, uncountable) Any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food, widely cultivated in the developing world.
  2. (countable, specifically, uncountable) Common millet, in particular of species Panicum miliaceum.

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Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ˈmɪlɪt/
Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English
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Verwante met Antieke Grieks
μελίνη
Verwante met Litaus
málnos
In summary

From late Middle English, borrowed from Middle French millet; from Latin milium, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to grind, crush”), see also Ancient Greek μελίνη (melínē, “millet”) and Lithuanian málnos (“millet”). Not related to مِلَّة (milla).

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