Where does “miel” come from?

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

miel (Old French): honey

Definitions

  1. honey

Ancestry of “miel”, step by step

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

Words derived from “miel”

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