mirtelo
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Etymology edit
From Italian mirtillo and French myrtille, both from Medieval Latin myrtillus, diminutive of Latin myrtus (“myrtle tree”), from Ancient Greek μύρτος (múrtos, “myrtle”), from a Semitic root meaning bitter (compare Arabic مُرّ (murr, “bitter”), Hebrew מֹר (mor, “bitterness, acrimony”)).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mirtelo (accusative singular mirtelon, plural mirteloj, accusative plural mirtelojn)