Where does “mélasse” come from?

mélasse (French) comes from Spanish melaza, from Late Latin mellaceus, from Latin mel, from Proto-Indo-European mélit — honey.

mélasse (French): molasses; treacle

Definitions

  1. molasses; treacle

Ancestry of “mélasse”, step by step

mélasse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish melaza

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishmelazamolasses
2Late Latinmellaceushoneylike, honey-sweet
3Latinmelhoney; sweetness, pleasantness; darling, sweet,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmélithoney

via Medieval Latin *mellacea

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latin*mellacea—

Words derived from “mélasse”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mélit →Every word from Latin mel →Every word from Late Latin mellaceus →