Where does “unmollifiable” come from?
unmollifiable (English) comes from English mollifiable, from English mollify, from Middle English mollifien, from Latin mollifico, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor.
unmollifiable (English): That cannot be mollified
Definitions
- That cannot be mollified
Ancestry of “unmollifiable”, step by step
unmollifiable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English mollifiable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | mollifiable | Capable of being mollified |
| 2 | English | mollify | To ease a burden, particularly worry; make less... |
| 3 | Middle English | mollifien | To soften to make pliable |
| 4 | Latin | mollifico | to make soft or mollify |
| 5 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 6 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 7 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 8 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |