The story
- Old French · derived frommellilote
- Ancient Greek · derived fromμελίλωτος
- Latin · derived frommelilōtos
- English todaymelilot
From Latin melilōtos, from Ancient Greek μελίλωτος (melílōtos), from μέλι (méli, “honey”) + λωτός (lōtós, “lotus”); later reinforced by Old French mellilote.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.