mell

Meanings

Verb

• To say (something); to speak, to tell.
• To deal, concern oneself; to interfere or meddle.

Noun

• Discourse; conversation.
• Honey.

Origin

• From Middle English melen, mælen, from Old English mǣlan ("to speak, talk"), from mǣl and māl, both from Proto-Germanic *mahlą ("meeting, congress, speech"), alteration of *maþlą, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d-. Cognate with Scots mele ("to speak, converse, tell"), Danish mæle ("to speak, utter"), Icelandic mæla ("to speak, say"), Old High German mahalōn ("to charge, accuse, proscecute"), German vermählen ("to wed, marry"). More at blackmail.
• From Middle English mellen, from Old French meller, mesler. Compare mêlée, meddle.
• From Latin mel.