Where does “mèl” come from?

mèl (Occitan) comes from Old Occitan mel, from Vulgar Latin *melem, from Latin mel, from Proto-Indo-European mélit — honey.

mèl (Occitan): honey

Definitions

  1. honey

Ancestry of “mèl”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Occitanmel—
2Vulgar Latin*melem—
3Latinmelhoney; sweetness, pleasantness; darling, sweet,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmélithoney
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mélit →Every word from Latin mel →Every word from Vulgar Latin *melem →