Etymograph

English

melos

Melos comes from Ancient Greek μέλος ‘part of a body, limb, member, part’.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEμέλος1mélos‘part of a body, limb, member, part’
  2. Englishtodaymelos1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English melos

Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEμέλοςWiktionary, English melosmélos‘part of a body, limb, member, part’
  2. EnglishtodaymelosWiktionary, English melos

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *mel- ‘limb’

multiple, mole, multitude, mucho, muy, multifarious, 27 more

through Ancient Greek μέλος ‘part of a body, limb, member, part’

amelia, dulcimer, 13 more

Today it means

noun The melody in Ancient Greek music.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “melos”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Ancient Greek μέλος / melos

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