-mælum

== Old English == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *-mālum. Identical to the dative/instrumental plural of mǣl (“time, occasion”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmæː.lum/ === Suffix === -mǣlum used to denote a fixed amount of something at a time bitmǣlum ― bit by bit dropmǣlum ― drop by drop flocmǣlum ― in flocks, in droves ġēarmǣlum ― year by year hēapmǣlum ― in groups limmǣlum ― limb from limb stæpmǣlum ― step by step styċċemǣlum ― piece by piece þūsendmǣlum ― by the thousands ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: -mele English: -meal