myEtymology.com: Portuguese etymology of caramelo

Etymology of the Portuguese word caramelo

the Portuguese word caramelo

derived from the Latin word calamellus (small, little reed, pen)

derived from the Late Latin word calamus (branch; arm; branch of a candelabrum; reed, cane; reed pen)

derived from the Greek word kalamos, κάλαμος (a reed (the plant or its stem, or that of a similar plant); by implication, a pen)

Dutch karamel, English caramel, French caramel, German Karamel, Norwegian karamell, Swedish karamell