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
Ancestry of “mielo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | miel | honey |
| 2 | Middle French | miel | — |
| 3 | Old French | miel | honey |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | *melem | — |
| 5 | Latin | mel | honey; sweetness, pleasantness; darling, sweet,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | mélit | honey |
Words derived from “mielo”