Where does “melliculum” come from?

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

melliculum (Latin): A honey-pet, honey-kin

Definitions

  1. A honey-pet, honey-kin

Ancestry of “melliculum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinmelliculusSweetened with honey, honey-sweet, honeyed
2Latinmelhoney; sweetness, pleasantness; darling, sweet,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmélithoney
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mélit →Every word from Latin mel →Every word from Latin melliculus →