what does caramel come from
The English word comes from French caramel, borrowed from Spanish caramelo (18th century), itself possibly from Portuguese caramel. Most likely that comes from Late Latin calamellus 'sugar cane', a diminutive of calamus 'reed, cane', itself from Greek ÎºÎ¬Î»Î±Î¼Î¿Ï. Less likely, it comes from a Medieval Latin cannamella, from canna 'cane' + mella 'honey'.