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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
Words derived from “molding”