Where does “molestere” come from?

molestere (Danish) comes from French molester, from Latin molestare, from Latin molestus, from Latin mōlēs — multitude, mass (of material).

molestere (Danish): to batter, to damage, to injure, to maltreat

Definitions

  1. to batter, to damage, to injure, to maltreat

Ancestry of “molestere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchmolesterTo molest; To maul
2Latinmolestare—
3Latinmolestustroublesome, irksome, grievous, annoying,...
4Latinmōlēsmultitude, mass (of material)

Words derived from “molestere”

Every word from Latin mōlēs →Every word from Latin molestus →Every word from Latin molestare →