Where does “melar” come from?

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

melar (Portuguese): to sweeten with honey; to produce honey; to cover...

Definitions

  1. to sweeten with honey; to produce honey; to cover...

Ancestry of “melar”, step by step

melar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Portuguese mel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesemelhoney
2Old Portuguesemelhoney
3Vulgar Latin*melem
4Latinmelhoney; sweetness, pleasantness; darling, sweet,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmélithoney

via Portuguese mela

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesemela

Words derived from “melar

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mélitEvery word from Latin melEvery word from Vulgar Latin *melem