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milwell

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mil-well
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua).

Etymology

From Middle English milwell (amid many other forms), from Anglo-Norman meluel (amid other forms) and Old French moluel, probably from moruel, from Old Breton mor (“sea”) (from Proto-Brythonic *mor) + Old French lus and luz (“pike, [as sea-luce] hake”) + -el (diminutive suffix). Cognate with modern French morue.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

milwells (plural) millwell (alternative) mulvil (alternative) melwell (alternative) mellwell (alternative) myllewell (alternative) myllwell (alternative) melwel (alternative) mulvel (alternative) milwel (alternative) mellewelle (alternative) mylwell (alternative)

Questions

What does milwell mean?
The Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua).
Where does milwell come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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