Where does “mellifluous” come from?
Mellifluous comes from Latin mellifluus, from Latin mel, from Proto-Indo-European mélid, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-.
mellifluous (English): Flowing like honey; Sweet, smooth and musical;...
Definitions
- Flowing like honey; Sweet, smooth and musical;...
Ancestry of “mellifluous”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | mellifluus | honey-dropping, flowing with honey, mellifluous |
| 2 | Latin | -fluus | flowing; flowing with |
| 3 | Latin | -us | suffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,... |
| 4 | Old Latin | -os | accusative masculine plural of -us |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -os | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |