Where does “mié” come from?

mié (Champenois) comes from Old French miel, from Vulgar Latin *melem, from Latin mel, from Proto-Indo-European mélit — honey.

mié (Champenois): honey

Definitions

  1. honey

Ancestry of “mié”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmielhoney
2Vulgar Latin*melem—
3Latinmelhoney; sweetness, pleasantness; darling, sweet,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmélithoney
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mélit →Every word from Latin mel →Every word from Vulgar Latin *melem →