millet

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(Englisch)

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

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/ˈmɪlɪt/

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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).