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English word caramel comes from Ancient Greek κάλαμος, Latin -ellum, Latin canamella, and later Latin calamellus ((Late Latin) A little reed or pen.)
κάλαμος (Ancient Greek)
-ellum (Latin)
canamella (Latin)
calamus (Latin)
(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)
calamellus (Latin)
(Late Latin) A little reed or pen.
caramelo (Portuguese)
(generalisation) any candy. (uncountable) caramel (confection). Candy made of caramel. Ice, icicle.
caramelo (Spanish)
(more specifically) caramel. Candy.
caramel (French)
Caramel, fudge.
caramel (English)
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.