Mealie Definition
mēlē
Other Word Forms of Mealie
Noun
Singular:
mealiePlural:
mealiesOrigin of Mealie
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From South African Dutch milie, mily (> Afrikaans mielie), from obsolete Dutch milie (“millet, maize"), from Old French mil (“millet").
From Wiktionary
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Afrikaans mielie ultimately from Latin milium millet (perhaps via Portuguese milho) melə- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
