Where does “Moll” come from?
Moll derives from English Mary, from French Marie, from Latin Maria, from Ancient Greek Μαρία, from Aramaic מַרְיָם, of uncertain ultimate origin.
Moll (English): A pet name for Mary
Ancestry of “Moll”, step by step
Moll traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English mary
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | mary | A male homosexual |
| 2 | French | marie | first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 3 | Old French | Marie | — |
| 4 | Latin | Marīa | Mary mother of Jesus |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Μαρία | Mary, Maria |
| 6 | Hebrew | מִרְיָם | — |
| 7 | Aramaic | מרים | bitter |
| 8 | Biblical Hebrew | מִרְיָם | — |
via German Moll
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | German | Moll | minor |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | molle | — |
| 3 | Latin | mollis | soft, delicate to the touch; pliant, flexible,... |
| 4 | Latin | molduis | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | moldus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | *ml̥dus | soft, weak |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)meld- | to soften, to melt |
Words derived from “Moll”