Where does “melassa” come from?

melassa (Italian) comes from French mélasse, from Spanish melaza, from Late Latin mellaceus, from Latin mel, from Proto-Indo-European mélit — honey.

melassa (Italian): molasses, treacle

Definitions

  1. molasses, treacle

Ancestry of “melassa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmélassemolasses; treacle
2Spanishmelazamolasses
3Late Latinmellaceushoneylike, honey-sweet
4Latinmelhoney; sweetness, pleasantness; darling, sweet,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmélithoney
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mélit →Every word from Latin mel →Every word from Late Latin mellaceus →