Word Origin Summary

𐤌𐤋𐤈 is attested in Phoenician. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.

Descendants and Related Terms

• Meleda

  Italian · derived from

• มอลตา

  Thai · borrowed from

• Mljet

  English · derived from

• Melita

  Latin · borrowed from

• Malta

  Dutch · derived from

• مالطا

  South Levantine Arabic · derived from

• ܡܝܠܛܐ

  Assyrian Neo-Aramaic · borrowed from

• Malita

  Yoruba · borrowed from

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