myEtymology.com: English etymology of honeysuckle

Other forms:

Middle English: honysoukel
Middle English: honisouke
Old English: hunigsuce
Old English: hunisuce
Old English: honey Old_English suck

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Etymology of the English word honeysuckle

the English word honeysuckle

derived from the English word honey

derived from the English word suck

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *seuə-

using the English suffix -el

derived from the Latin suffix -ellus

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