-meal

• IPA^(key): /miːl/
• Rhymes: -iːl

From Middle English -mele, from Old English -mǣlum (“at times”), from Proto-Germanic *mēlamiz, instrumental case of Proto-Germanic *mēlą (“measure; time”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian -moal, Dutch -maal, German Low German -maal, German -mal. More at meal.

-meal

1. (rare or no longer productive) Used to denote a fixed number, measure, or amount at a time.

   wordmeal (“one word at a time, word by word”)

From Middle English mele, from Old English melu (“meal, flour”), from Proto-Germanic *melwą (“meal, flour”), from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to grind, mill”). More at meal.

-meal

1. Denotes a powder made of ground cereal.

• bonemeal
• cornmeal
• oatmeal
• peasemeal

• Elma, mela, mela-, amel, alme, Lema, male-, Male, male, leam, lame, lamé, Leam, Elam, Malé, lema