Old English · suffix
-mælum
- Part of speech
- suffix
- IPA
- /ˈmæː.lum/
- Syllables
- ˈmæː · lum (2 syllables)
Meaning
used to denote a fixed amount of something at a time
bitmǣlum
bit by bit
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *-mālum. Identical to the dative/instrumental plural of mǣl (“time, occasion”).
Descendants
-meal
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-mælum · CC BY-SA 4.0 licence · Attribution