Where does “mollymawk” come from?
mollymawk (English) comes from Dutch mallemok, from Dutch mal, from Old French mole, from Latin modulus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
mollymawk (English): Any of a group of medium- to large-sized...
Definitions
- Any of a group of medium- to large-sized...
Ancestry of “mollymawk”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | mallemok | foolish gull; sailor of a whaling vessel |
| 2 | Dutch | mal | mold, cast; foolish, crazy, lacking common sense |
| 3 | Old French | mole | — |
| 4 | Latin | modulus | a small measure or interval; a module; a water... |
| 5 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |