Where does “Malta” come from?

Malta (Finnish) comes from Italian Malta, from Maltese Malta, from Arabic مَالِطَا, from Latin Melita, from Ancient Greek Μελίτη, from Ancient Greek μέλι, from Proto-Indo-European mélid — honey.

Malta (Finnish): The Maltese language

Definitions

  1. The Maltese language

Ancestry of “Malta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianMaltamortar (mixture of lime or cement, sand, and water)
2MalteseMalta—
3Arabicمَالِطَا—
4LatinMelita—
5Ancient GreekΜελίτη—
6Ancient Greekμέλιhoney; anything sweet
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmélidhoney

Words derived from “Malta”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mélid →Every word from Ancient Greek μέλι →Every word from Ancient Greek Μελίτη →