Where does “miel” come from?

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

miel (Spanish): honey

Definitions

  1. honey

Ancestry of “miel”, step by step

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

Words derived from “miel

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