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
Ancestry of “melliculum”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | melliculus | Sweetened with honey, honey-sweet, honeyed |
| 2 | Latin | mel | honey; sweetness, pleasantness; darling, sweet,... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | mélit | honey |