Where does “molding” come from?
Molding comes from Old English molde, from Proto-Germanic muldō, from Proto-Indo-European melh₂-, ultimately tracing to a root meaning to grind or crush.
molding (English): present participle of mold; The act or process of...
Definitions
- present participle of mold; The act or process of...
Ancestry of “molding”, step by step
molding traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Nynorsk Molde
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | Molde | — |
| 2 | Portuguese | moldar | to mold / mould; to hew, work, shape |
| 3 | Portuguese | molde | mould, cast; model, example; printing mould |
| 4 | Spanish | molde | mold, cast; pan, tin |
| 5 | Old Catalan | motle | — |
| 6 | Latin | modulus | a small measure or interval; a module; a water... |
| 7 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via Middle English moldynge
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | moldynge | baking, kneading |
| 2 | Middle English | molden | To knead or bake bread |
| 3 | Middle English | -en | Denotes the past participle form when attached to... |
| 4 | Old English | -en | mæġþ + API → mæġden; cocc + API → cycen, cicen;... |
| 5 | Old Norse | -inn | Used to create adjectives from nouns, meaning... |
| 6 | Proto-Norse | -īna- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -īnaz | -en |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |