Where does “meliferă” come from?

meliferă (Romanian) comes from French mellifère, from Latin mellifer, from Latin -fer, from Latin ferō, from Proto-Italic ferō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰéreti, from Proto-Indo-European bʰēr- — shiny, light brown.

meliferă (Romanian): melliferous bee

Definitions

  1. melliferous bee

Ancestry of “meliferă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmellifèremelliferous
2Latinmelliferhoney-bearing, honey-producing, melliferous
3Latin-fer-bearing, -carrying, -bringing
4Latinferōto bear; to carry
5Proto-Italicferōcarry, bear
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰéretito be carrying
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰēr-shiny, light brown
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰēr- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰéreti →Every word from Proto-Italic ferō →