Where does “mellite” come from?

mellite (Italian) comes from Italian miele, from Vulgar Latin *melem, from Latin mel, from Proto-Indo-European mélit — honey.

mellite (Italian): honeystone, mellite; feminine plural of mellito

Definitions

  1. honeystone, mellite; feminine plural of mellito

Ancestry of “mellite”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmielehoney; sweetness; pale yellow colour
2Vulgar Latin*melem—
3Latinmelhoney; sweetness, pleasantness; darling, sweet,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmélithoney
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mélit →Every word from Latin mel →Every word from Vulgar Latin *melem →