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Meliton means honey but...
by Getb (guest)
4/9/2015, 7:36 PM
Meltion means honey but why does it end in "-ton"? I that a meaningless affix? It does not seem like it is...
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- SugarPlumFairy   +2
4/15/2015, 1:15 AM
It's just a masculine suffix. Plenty of Greek names end in -on: Agathon, Ariston, Straton.
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- Getb (guest)   +1
4/21/2015, 5:40 PM
and so is true for the "t"?
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- Mike C
4/23/2015, 6:52 PM
No, not the "t". Perhaps this name in fact derives from melissa/melitta "bee". But looking at LSJ, many honey-related words have stems with melit- so maybe I'm missing something.
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- elbowin   +1
4/10/2015, 8:28 AM
Depends on the language ...First note, that the "t" in Melit- may still be part of the stem and that Melit- actually means "honey bee".In French, the ending -on was and is used to make names feminine and to create more familiar or diminutive forms like Manon, Nanon, or Alison (from Alice). So, Meliton may be explained as a French form of Melitta.Because you did not give additional information (gender, linguistic background) this is a shot in the dark and maybe completely mistaken.
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- Getb (guest)
4/10/2015, 3:23 PM
It is a Greek name according to this site.
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- Sabertooth   +1
4/9/2015, 8:58 PM
Usually, |-ton| means "town," but (if a historical name) its true interpretation would, more likely, be determined by the language of its root, |Meli-|. |Meli-| (in this case) may not mean "honey."
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- Getb (guest)
4/10/2015, 3:23 PM
That is what I thought but this is a Greel name
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