Where does “mold” come from?
Mold comes from Old English molde, from Proto-Germanic muldō, from Proto-Indo-European melh₂-, ultimately tracing to Proto-Indo-European mey-.
mold (English): A hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or...
Definitions
- A hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or...
Ancestry of “mold”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | molde | — |
| 2 | Old French | modle | — |
| 3 | Latin | modulus | a small measure or interval; a module; a water... |
| 4 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -elos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
Words derived from “mold”