Where does “Moloch” come from?
Moloch comes from Hebrew melekh, from Aramaic malk, ultimately from Proto-Semitic malk-, a word of unknown original meaning.
Ancestry of “Moloch”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Semitic | malk- | king, prince |
Words derived from “Moloch”