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millo.

millet

5 characters2 syllables approx.Galego language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈmiʎʊ]
  1. millet

    dated · masculine
  2. maize, corn (plant)

    masculine
  3. the grain from maize

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese milho, from Latin milium (“millet”). In the 17th-19th century the name passed to be applied to a new crop, the American maize, whilst millet became known as millo miúdo (literally “little maize”). Compare Portuguese milho.

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