Where does “Melisse” come from?

Melisse (German) comes from Late Latin melissa, from Ancient Greek μέλισσα, from Ancient Greek μέλι, from Proto-Indo-European mélid — honey.

Melisse (German): lemon balm; any of several plants of the genus...

Definitions

  1. lemon balm; any of several plants of the genus...

Ancestry of “Melisse”, step by step

Melisse traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Late Latin melissa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinmelissa—
2Ancient Greekμέλισσαbee; honey; poet
3Ancient Greekμέλιhoney; anything sweet
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmélidhoney

via Translingual Melissa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TranslingualMelissagenus
2Ancient GreekΜέλισσαbee
3Ancient Greekμέλισσᾰbee

via Latin melissa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmelissa—

Words derived from “Melisse”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mélid →Every word from Ancient Greek μέλι →Every word from Ancient Greek μέλισσα →