Amylum Definition

Origin of Amylum

• Latin from Greek amulon starch from neuter of amulos not ground at a mill a- not a–¹ mulē mill melə- in Indo-European roots

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

• From Latin amylum, from Ancient Greek ἄμυλον (amylon), from ἀ- (a-, “privative”) +‎ μύλη (mulē, “mill”).

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