Where does “melligo” come from?

melligo (English) comes from Latin melligo, from Latin -igo, from Proto-Italic agō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵeti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- — to drive.

melligo (English): honeydew

Definitions

  1. honeydew

Ancestry of “melligo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinmelligoA honeylike juice, sucked by bees from plants;...
2Latin-igoEnlargement of -ō; Suffixed to nouns and to...
3Proto-Italicagōdrive; push, impel; do, act
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éǵetito be driving
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eǵ-to drive
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵeti →Every word from Proto-Italic agō →