Where does “mieltempo” come from?
mieltempo (Ido) comes from Ido mielo, 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.
mieltempo (Ido): honeymoon
Ancestry of “mieltempo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Ido | mielo | honey; sweetness |
| 2 | Esperanto | mielo | honey |
| 3 | French | miel | honey |
| 4 | Middle French | miel | — |
| 5 | Old French | miel | honey |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | *melem | — |
| 7 | Latin | mel | honey; sweetness, pleasantness; darling, sweet,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | mélit | honey |