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Where does “mel” come from?

mel (Latin) comes from Proto-Indo-European mélit — honey.

mel (Latin): honey; sweetness, pleasantness; darling, sweet,...

Definitions

  1. honey; sweetness, pleasantness; darling, sweet,...

Ancestry of “mel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanmélithoney

Words derived from “mel”

  • mellifluous
  • mellifluously
  • melliferous
  • mellifluousness
  • melado
  • meline
  • Mellona
  • mellification
  • unmellifluous
  • melleous
  • mellific
  • mellitoxin
  • melligo
  • melleus
  • mellificare
  • mellifluus
  • melle
  • melinus
  • melina
  • mellifer
  • mellificium
  • mellaceum
  • mella
  • mellifex
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