Etymology of the Spanish word caramel
the Old Spanish word
caramelderived from the Portuguese word
caramelderived 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)
Derivations in other languages
French
caramelUsage
Word found in Old Spanish
