Etymology

(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?) Origin uncertain. Perhaps from French mélange ‎(“mixture”) + English -ian; perhaps from Arabic مَلْعُون جِنّ ‎(malʿūn jinn, “lost soul, cursed soul”), from مَلْعُون ‎(malʿūn, “cursed”) + جِنّ ‎(jinn, “jinns”); perhaps from malengine; perhaps from melongene; or perhaps none of these.