Where does “mele” come from?

mele (Corsican) comes from Vulgar Latin *melem, from Latin mel, from Proto-Indo-European mélit — honey.

mele (Corsican): honey

Definitions

  1. honey

Ancestry of “mele”, step by step

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