Where does “emollescence” come from?
emollescence (English) comes from Latin mollēscere, from Latin mollere, from Latin mollis, from Latin molduis, from Proto-Italic moldus, from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥dus, from Proto-Indo-European (s)meld- — to soften, to melt.
emollescence (English): That degree of softness in a body beginning to...
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- That degree of softness in a body beginning to...
Ancestry of “emollescence”, step by step
emollescence traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin mollēscere
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | mollēscere | — |
| 2 | Latin | mollere | to be soft |
| 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 |
via Latin E
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | E | Scribal abbreviation of the diphthong ae |
| 2 | Etruscan | 𐌄 | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ε | Lower case epsilon, the fifth letter of the ancient and modern Greek alphabets. Its name was εἶ, later ἒ ψιλόν, and presently έψιλον. It represents roughly the same sound in both alphabets: in Modern Greek, a somewhat lowered variant of the mid front unrounded vowel: or. It is preceded by δ and foll |
| 4 | Phoenician | 𐤄 | that |
| 5 | Egyptian | 𓀠 | — |