Where does “mel” come from?

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

mel (Old Portuguese): honey

Definitions

  1. honey

Ancestry of “mel”, step by step

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

Words derived from “mel”

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