mel

(Anglès)

1. (declension-3, neuter) honey
2. (declension-3, figuratively, neuter) sweetness, pleasantness
3. (declension-3, figuratively, neuter) darling, sweet, honey

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

[ˈmɛɫ]

Etimologia (Anglès)

From Proto-Italic *meli, from Proto-Indo-European *mel-it (“honey”), with the athematic suffix *-it that indicates comestible substances (compare Proto-Indo-European *h₂élbʰ-it (“barley”) or Proto-Indo-European *sép-it (“wheat”)). Cognate with Ancient Greek μέλι (méli), Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌻𐌹𐌸 (miliþ), Old Armenian մեղր (mełr), Hittite [script needed] (milit), Luwian [script needed] (mallit-).

Conceptes

mel

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Sinònims

mel mellis