English word carmel comes from Latin calamus, Latin -ellum, Latin canamella, and later Latin calamellus ((Late Latin) A little reed or pen.)
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| calamus | Latin (lat) | (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. |
| -ellum | Latin (lat) | |
| canamella | Latin (lat) | |
| calamellus | Late Latin (LL) | |
| calamellus | Latin (lat) | (Late Latin) A little reed or pen. |
| caramelo | Portuguese (pt) | (generalisation) any candy. (uncountable) caramel (confection). Candy made of caramel. Ice, icicle. |
| caramelo | Spanish (es) | (more specifically) caramel. Candy. |
| caramel | French (fr) | Caramel, fudge. |
| caramel | English (en) | 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. (transitive, cooking, dated) To caramelize. Of a yellow-brown color. |
| carmel | English (en) | (US, uncommon, nonstandard). |