Where does “mellifluus” come from?

mellifluus (Latin) comes from Latin fluō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰléh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

mellifluus (Latin): honey-dropping, flowing with honey, mellifluous

Definitions

  1. honey-dropping, flowing with honey, mellifluous

Ancestry of “mellifluus”, step by step

mellifluus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin fluō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfluōto flow, stream, pour
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰléh₁-to bleat
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—

via Latin mel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmelhoney; sweetness, pleasantness; darling, sweet,...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmélithoney

Words derived from “mellifluus”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰléh₁- →