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