millet.
Any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food, widely cultivated in the developing world.
Meaning & usage
Any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food, widely cultivated in the developing world.
Common millet, in particular of species Panicum miliaceum.
Where this word comes from
From late Middle English, borrowed from Middle French millet; from Latin milium, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to grind, crush”), see also Ancient Greek μελίνη (melínē, “millet”) and Lithuanian málnos (“millet”). Not related to مِلَّة (milla).
A semi-autonomous confessional community under the Ottoman Empire, especially a non-Muslim one.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ملت (millet), from Arabic مِلَّة (milla).
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