Where does “mollar” come from?
mollar (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese mollar, from Vulgar Latin molliare, from Latin molliāre, from Latin mollis, from Latin molduis, from Proto-Italic moldus, from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥dus, from Proto-Indo-European (s)meld- — to soften, to melt.
mollar (Galician): to wet; to moisten; to get wet
Definitions
- to wet; to moisten; to get wet
Ancestry of “mollar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Portuguese | mollar | — |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | molliare | to soften by soaking; second-person singular... |
| 3 | Latin | molliāre | — |
| 4 | Latin | mollis | soft, delicate to the touch; pliant, flexible,... |
| 5 | Latin | molduis | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | moldus | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | *ml̥dus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)meld- | to soften, to melt |