Where does “amollir” come from?
amollir (French) comes from Catalan moll, from Manx moyl, from Vulgar Latin medullum, from Latin medulla, from Latin medius, from Latin locus, from Old Latin stlocus, from Proto-Italic stlokos — to put, to place; to locate.
amollir (French): to soften
Definitions
- to soften
Ancestry of “amollir”, step by step
amollir traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Catalan moll
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | moll | moist; weak; marrow, as in bone marrow |
| 2 | Manx | moyl | to cheer, praise, recommend, compliment, commend,... |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | medullum | marrow |
| 4 | Latin | medulla | marrow; vocative singular of medulla; ablative... |
| 5 | Latin | medius | middle; half; moderate |
| 6 | Latin | locus | place, spot; a passage of literature; "in the... |
| 7 | Old Latin | stlocus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | stlokos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | stel- | to put, to place; to locate |
via French mollir
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | mollir | to mollify, become soft; to ease off or die down;... |
| 2 | Latin | molliō | to soften, make soft, make calm, moderate, mitigate, mollify |
| 3 | Latin | mollis | soft, delicate to the touch; pliant, flexible,... |
| 4 | Latin | molduis | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | moldus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | *ml̥dus | soft, weak |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)meld- | to soften, to melt |