Where does “mollifier” come from?
mollifier (English) comes from English mollify, from Middle English mollifien, from Latin mollifico, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr.
mollifier (English): One who mollifies; An "approximation to the...
Definitions
- One who mollifies; An "approximation to the...
Ancestry of “mollifier”, step by step
mollifier traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English mollify
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | mollify | To ease a burden, particularly worry; make less... |
| 2 | Middle English | mollifien | To soften to make pliable |
| 3 | Latin | mollifico | to make soft or mollify |
| 4 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 5 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 6 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 7 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
via English ER
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ER | The statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of... |
| 2 | Turkish | er | early; brave; man, male |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | ایر | saddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal |
| 4 | Old Anatolian Turkish | ایر | early, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | ēder | saddle |