Where does “mel” come from?

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

mel (Portuguese): honey

Definitions

  1. honey

Ancestry of “mel”, step by step

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

Words derived from “mel”

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