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Where does “mielo” come from?

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

mielo (Esperanto): honey

Definitions

  1. honey

Ancestry of “mielo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmielhoney
2Middle Frenchmiel—
3Old Frenchmielhoney
4Vulgar Latin*melem—
5Latinmelhoney; sweetness, pleasantness; darling, sweet,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmélithoney

Words derived from “mielo”

  • mielo
  • mielaquo
  • mielkuko
  • mieltempo
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mélit →