Where does “meleiro” come from?

meleiro (Galician) comes from Latin mellarius, from Latin mel, from Proto-Indo-European mélit — honey.

meleiro (Galician): beekeeper; suave; sweet, soft

Definitions

  1. beekeeper; suave; sweet, soft

Ancestry of “meleiro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinmellariusOf or pertaining to honey; beekeeper, beemaster
2Latinmelhoney; sweetness, pleasantness; darling, sweet,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmélithoney
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mélit →Every word from Latin mel →Every word from Latin mellarius →