millet的词源

英文词源

millet (n.)

cereal grain, c. 1400, from Middle French millet, diminutive of mil "millet," from Latin milium "millet" (see mallet). Cognate with Greek meline, Lithuanian malnus (plural) "millet."

中文词源

millet：黍类，粟

来自拉丁语milium,黍类，粟，词源同mill,mallet.

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：millet 词源，millet 含义。