Where does “molimen” come from?

molimen (English) comes from Latin molimen, from Latin -men, from Proto-Italic *-mn̥.

molimen (English): An effort or impulse toward a certain effect

Definitions

  1. An effort or impulse toward a certain effect

Ancestry of “molimen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmolimeneffort
2Latin-menforms neuter nouns of the third declension
3Proto-Italic*-mn̥
Every word from Proto-Italic *-mn̥Every word from Latin -menEvery word from Latin molimen