语源
Old English mǣl(also in the sense measure, surviving in words such as piecemealmeasure taken at one time), of Germanic origin. The early sense of mealinvolved a notion of ‘fixed time’; compare with Dutch maalmeal, (portion of) time and German Maltime, Mahlmeal, from an Indo-European root meaning to measureOld English melu, meolo, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch meeland German Mehl, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin molereto grind