Where does “miel” come from?

miel (Middle French) comes from Old French miel, from Vulgar Latin *melem, from Latin mel, from Proto-Indo-European mélit — honey.

miel (Middle French): honey sticky sweet substance

Definitions

  1. honey sticky sweet substance

Ancestry of “miel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmielhoney
2Vulgar Latin*melem—
3Latinmelhoney; sweetness, pleasantness; darling, sweet,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmélithoney

Words derived from “miel”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mélit →Every word from Latin mel →Every word from Vulgar Latin *melem →