mel

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mel

  1. miele
  2. (senso figurato) dolcezza, soavità, piacevolezza
  3. (come vezzeggiativo) dolcezza, delizia

Etimologia

Dal proto-italico *meli, dal protoindoeuropeo *melit, con il suffisso atematico *-it che marca alcune sostanze commestibili (cfr. IE *sép-it «frumento»). Sono termini correlati, derivanti dalla stessa radice il greco antico μέλι, il gotico 𐌼𐌹𐌻𐌹𐌸, armeno antico մեղր (mełr), ittita milit and luvio mallit-.

mel m sing

  1. miele
mél

IPA: /meːl/

dal latino mel, miele