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English word carmel comes from Latin calamus, Latin -ellum, Latin canamella, and later Latin calamellus ((Late Latin) A little reed or pen.)

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.

-ellum (Latin)

canamella (Latin)

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)

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)

(US, uncommon, nonstandard).

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