Where does “myèl” come from?

myèl (Haitian Creole) comes from French miel, from Middle French miel, from Old French miel, from Vulgar Latin *melem, from Latin mel, from Proto-Indo-European mélit — honey.

myèl (Haitian Creole): bee; honey

Definitions

  1. bee; honey

Ancestry of “myèl”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmielhoney
2Middle Frenchmielhoney sticky sweet substance
3Old Frenchmielhoney
4Vulgar Latin*melem—
5Latinmelhoney; sweetness, pleasantness; darling, sweet,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmélithoney
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mélit →Every word from Latin mel →Every word from Vulgar Latin *melem →