honey (v.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict[honey 词源字典]
mid-14c., from honey (n.). Related: Honeyed; honeying. [honey etymology, honey origin, 英语词源]
MelissayoudaoicibaDictYouDict
fem. proper name, from Latin, from Greek (Ionic) melissa (Attic melitta) "honeybee," also "one of the priestesses of Delphi," from PIE *melit-ya, suffixed form of *melit- "honey" (cognates: Greek meli, Latin mel "honey; sweetness;" Albanian mjal' "honey;" Old Irish mil "honey," Irish milis "sweet;" Old English mildeaw "nectar," milisc "honeyed, sweet;" Old High German milsken "to sweeten;" Gothic miliþ "honey").