millet

Meaning

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

Frequency

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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈmɪlɪt/
Etymology

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”).

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