Where does “melat” come from?

melat (Catalan) comes from Catalan mel, from Latin melum, from Latin mālum, from Ancient Greek μῆλον, from Proto-Indo-European (s)meh₁l- — small animal”; small animal.

melat (Catalan): honeyed, sweetened

Definitions

  1. honeyed, sweetened

Ancestry of “melat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanmelhoney
2Latinmelumapple
3Latinmālumevil, adversity, hardship, misfortune, calamity, disaster, mischief
4Ancient Greekμῆλονapple; any fruit from a tree; a woman's breast
5Proto-Indo-European(s)meh₁l-small animal”; small animal
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)meh₁l- →Every word from Ancient Greek μῆλον →Every word from Latin mālum →