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Where does “meline” come from?

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

meline (Latin): vocative masculine singular of melinus

Definitions

  1. vocative masculine singular of melinus

Ancestry of “meline”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinmelinusOf or pertaining to honey; Of or pertaining to...
2Latinmelhoney; sweetness, pleasantness; darling, sweet,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmélithoney
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