chain mail

*malha (Frankish)

Leather bag.

*mēlą (Proto-Germanic)

Measure, measurement. Point in time, period of time. Time for eating, meal. Time, occasion.

masclus (Latin)

("man", "male").

*maþlą (Proto-Germanic)

Agreement. Gathering. Legal case. Speech.

*smeh₁- (Proto-Indo-European)

smear, rub

*mel- (Proto-Indo-European)

honey, to grind, bad, wrong, dark, red, dirty, dark, red color; dirty

*smh₂tlo- (Proto-Indo-European)

mala (Malayalam)

mala (Latin)

bundle, bag.

masclus (Vulgar Latin)

*smh₁-tleh₂ (Proto-Indo-European)

*mailą (Proto-Germanic)

Spot, mark, blemish.

*smatlo- (Proto-Italic)

mál (Old Norse)

Meal, mealtime. Measurement, size. Time (legal) cause. Language. Matter, affair. Speech A work of art inlaid in metal, especially on weapons.

masle (Old French)

Male Male.

male (Old French)

Pack, bag.

male (Anglo-Norman)

macula (Latin)

(figuratively) a fault or blemish, a blot on one’s character. (literally and in general) a spot, speck, small mark or stain. (transferred sense) a mark of shame or disgrace; a stigma, brand, or blight. (transferred sense) a mesh in a net, a cell in a network, or a hole in a web. Any kind of marking or point of variegation; a speckle, spot, patch, line, or similar. In a bad sense. In a [...]

mǣl (Old English)

maille (Old French)

Chainmail; mail.

male (Middle English)

mail (English)

(nautical) A contrivance of interlinked rings, for rubbing off the loose hemp on lines and white cordage.. (obsolete, rare) A spot on a bird's feather; by extension, a spotted feather.. (uncountable) Armour consisting of metal rings or plates linked together.. Any hard protective covering of an animal, as the scales and plates of reptiles, shell of a lobster, etc. (transitive) To contact (a [...]

chain mail (English)

A flexible defensive armor, made of a mesh of interlinked metal rings.