- ἄμυλος
- ἄμυλοςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `cake of fine meal' (Ar.), ἄμυλον n. `starch' (Dsc.).Derivatives: ἀμυλιδωτόν `kind of chiton' (starched?) (Hermipp.); formation like ἁλυσιδωτός, χειριδωτός (Schwyzer 503 : 4, Chantr. Form. 305).Origin: GR [a formation built with Greek elements]X [probably]Etymology: Starch is made from `unground' grain, so from μύλη (cf. ἄμυλον στερρόν, ἄκλαστον EM), with negative ἀ-. However, we expect `unground', not `having no mill'; it seems rather doubtful that this expression would become the normal expression for `starch'. Lat. loan word amulum \> Fr. amidon.Page in Frisk: 1,97
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.