Caramel etymology

English

English word caramel comes from Ancient Greek κάλαμος, Latin -ellum, Latin canamella, and later Latin calamellus ((Late Latin) A little reed or pen.)

Etymology of caramel

Detailed word origin of caramel

Dictionary entry Language Definition
κάλαμος Ancient Greek (grc)
-ellum Latin (lat)
canamella Latin (lat)
calamus Latin (lat) (by extension) an object made from a reed, such as a pen, arrow, or fishing rod. (of plants) a stalk, straw, blade. A reed, cane. The hollow arm of a candelabrum.
calamellus Late Latin (LL)
calamellus Latin (lat) (Late Latin) A little reed or pen.
caramelo Portuguese (pt) (generalisation) any candy. (uncountable) caramel (confection). Candy made of caramel. Ice, icicle.
caramelo Spanish (es) (more specifically) caramel. Candy.
caramel French (fr) Caramel, fudge.
caramel English (en) Of a yellow-brown color. (transitive, cooking, dated) To caramelize. A (sometimes hardened) piece of this confection.. A smooth, chewy, sticky confection made by heating sugar and other ingredients until the sugars polymerize and become sticky.. A yellow-brown color, like that of caramel.

Words with the same origin as caramel

Descendants of κάλαμος

calamus carmel