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Where does “mielo” come from?

mielo (Ido) comes from Esperanto mielo, from French miel, from Middle French miel, from Old French miel, from Vulgar Latin *melem, from Latin mel, from Proto-Indo-European mélit — honey.

mielo (Ido): honey; sweetness

Definitions

  1. honey; sweetness

Ancestry of “mielo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantomielohoney
2Frenchmielhoney
3Middle Frenchmiel—
4Old Frenchmielhoney
5Vulgar Latin*melem—
6Latinmelhoney; sweetness, pleasantness; darling, sweet,...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmélithoney

Words derived from “mielo”

  • mielaquo
  • mielkuko
  • mieltempo
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mélit →