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

Definitions

  1. honey

Ancestry of “miel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchmielhoney sticky sweet substance
2Old Frenchmielhoney
3Vulgar Latin*melem—
4Latinmelhoney; sweetness, pleasantness; darling, sweet,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmélithoney

Words derived from “miel”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mélit →Every word from Latin mel →Every word from Vulgar Latin *melem →