The story
- Latin · derived frommel“honey”
- Ancient Greek · derived fromῥόδον“rose”
- English todayrhodomel
From Ancient Greek ῥόδον (rhódon, “rose”) + Latin mel (“honey”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekῥόδον all →
roserhodiumrhodopsinrhodoniterhodococcuslignum rhodiumrhodo-Rhodostauroticsub rosa
Latinmel all →
melcapsicumelmellificmelligenousmelliloquentmellitoxinoenomeltrimellic acid
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.