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Where does “melado” come from?

melado (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese melar, from Portuguese -ar, from Old Portuguese -ar, from Latin -are, from Latin -o, from Proto-Italic -ōd, from Proto-Indo-European -éad.

melado (Portuguese): molasses; honey-sweet; honey-colored

Definitions

  1. molasses; honey-sweet; honey-colored

Ancestry of “melado”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesemelarto sweeten with honey; to produce honey; to cover...
2Portuguese-arforms the impersonal infinitive of...
3Old Portuguese-ar—
4Latin-arepresent active infinitive of -ō; -āre;...
5Latin-oforms masculine agent nouns, positive and...
6Proto-Italic-ōd—
7Proto-Indo-European-éad—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éad →