Where does “miericea” come from?

miericea (Romanian) comes from Romanian miere, from Vulgar Latin *melem, from Latin mel, from Proto-Indo-European mélit — honey.

Ancestry of “miericea”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianmierehoney
2Vulgar Latin*melem—
3Latinmelhoney; sweetness, pleasantness; darling, sweet,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmélithoney
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mélit →Every word from Latin mel →Every word from Vulgar Latin *melem →