~ MELICERTES   id+ | related to MELLOW thus SOFT |
~ MELIOR       id+ | TO MITIGATE as per AMELIORATE |
               id+ | lat for BETTER  SWEETEN |
~ MELI~        id+ | HONEY BEE | thus also
               id+ | HONEY LIKE |
~ MELLIFLUOUS  id+ | FLOWING LIKE HONEY |
               id+ | SWEET and FLUID | 
~ MELLLITUS    id+ | DIABETES MELLITUS implies 
                     SWEET or SUGAR in the URINE | 
~ MELLOW       id+ | SOFT  to SOFTEN |      see> MOLE
~ MELLI~       id+ | as prefix ~MELLI points to
                     SWEET or HONEY LIKE or MELLIFLUOUS |
~ MELON        id+ | GOURD |            sug> GOURMAND
               id+ | WATER MELON |         sug> FRUIT
               id+ | WELL ROUNDED or POMME or APPLE |
               id+ | POM POMS for CHEERLEADERS |
  etym> focus on PUMPKIN and MELON
  gr    PEPON       = EDIBLE GOURD
  sp    PEPA          KERNEL SEED
  gr    PEPO          or
        PEPONIS       "FRUIT COOKED BY THE SUN"
  fr    PEPTEIN       DIGESTIBLE
  med>  PEPSIA        COOK or DIGEST
  sp    PEPINO        CUCUMBER a fruit full of
        PEPAS         for HARD SEEDS
        PUMPKIN       also FRUIT FULL of
                      PEPAS or SEEDS
  lat   POMUM         ALL KINDS OF FRUITS
        POMARIUM      FRUIT ORCHARD or
        POMETUM       site with APPLE TREES
        POMARIUS      FRUIT SELLER
  fr    POMME         APPLE also
                      POMME DE TERRE or PATATO also
                      WELL ROUNDED as per
  eng   POM POM       DECORATIVE BALL of FLUFF to CHEER WITH
  fr    POMPION       or
        MELON         MELON
  sp  POMELO          GRAPEFRUIT
  ukr POMMARANCHA     ORANGE
  note                branching toward POMME de TERRE for
  eng   PATATO        sp PAPA
  fr    POTIRON       PUMPKIN
  note                cont see> PUMPKIN
  lat   MALUM         APPLE incl
        MALUS         APPLE TREE also EVIL etc
  biol> M GRANATUM    POMEGRANATE
        M PERSICUM    PEACH
        M COTONEUM    QUINCE
  gr    MELOPEPON     MELON abbreviated to
  lat   MELES         or
        MELO          WATER MELON
  sp    MELON         same as above
        MELOCOTON     sp for a sort of PEACH
  gr    MELI          HONEY or
  lat   MELOMELI      MARMALADE includes
                      QUINCE COOKED IN HONEY or
  sp    MERMELADA     MARMALADE
  lat   MELLIARIUM    BEE HIVE and HONEY STORE
        MELLIARIUS    HONEY MAKER
        MELLIGO       SAP or JUICE OF TREES
        MELLITUS      SWEETENED or
                      PRESERVED WITH HONEY
        MELIOR        or
        MELLEUS       SWEET
        MELIUS        BETTER as in SWEETENED as in
                      AMELIORATE    sug> MALTA
  sp    MIEL          HONEY
  gr    MELOS         AEGEAN ISLAND and
                      SONG and
                      SINGING in
  eng   MELODY        thus HARMONY
  art>                VENUS from MILOS or MELOS
  note  MOLLUSCA      ANIMAL with a SOFT SHELL
  biol> MOLLUSK       or SNAIL or stress on SOFT SHELL
  lat   MELIMEMUM     for SWEET APPLE
        MELIMELU      QUINCE
  port  MARMELO       same
  sp    MEMBRILLO     same as above
  hx> note HALLOWEEN link with AUTUMN and
           ripening GOURD like PUMPKIN sug> GOURMET
  myth> VENUS of MILO
  myth> MELICERTES or MELIKERTES also known as PALAEMON
        SON OF ATHAMAS  BROTHER OF LEARCHOS
  biol> MELICERTIDAE  MELICERTACEAE  MELICERTUM for
        MARINE ENVIRONMENTS 
  med>  DIABETES MELLITUS from DIA for THROUGH and 
        BAINEIN for TO GO 
  one symptom was EXCESS OF URINE PRODUTION and 
  one sign was the URINE TASTED SWEET before it became known 
  that such was a consequence of LACK OF INSULIN 
  alt DIABETES INSIPIDUS stands for PROFUSE URINE FLOW 
      OF USUAL TASTE now known to be due to a lack of 
  ANTIDIURETIC HORMONE cont> see> DIABETES 
  see> PUMPKIN  sug> HALLOWEEN SWEET SUGAR DIABETES DEXTROSE