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
Ancestry of “mélasse”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Spanish | melaza | molasses |
| 2 | Late Latin | mellaceus | honeylike, honey-sweet |
| 3 | Latin | mel | honey; sweetness, pleasantness; darling, sweet,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | mélit | honey |
Words derived from “mélasse”