noun, masculine/kaɾaˈmelo/plural: caramelos
caramel; candy
Synonyms: dulce, golosina
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱélh₂m̥ Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos)bor. Latin calamus Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Late Latin calamellus Old Galician-Portuguese caramelo Portuguese caramelobor. Spanish caramelo Borrowed from Portuguese caramelo, from Old Galician-Portuguese caramelo, from Late Latin calamellus. Doublet of the inherited caramillo and the Middle French borrowing churumbela.