The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromὀξύμελι
- Late Latin · derived fromoxymel
- Middle English · inherited fromoximel
- English todayoxymel
From Middle English oximel, from Late Latin oxymel, oxymeli (“acid and honey”), from Ancient Greek ὀξύμελι (oxúmeli).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.