Where does “Atommülllager” come from?
Atommülllager (German) comes from German Atommüll, from German Müll, from English mull, from Middle English mollen, from Old French moillier, from Vulgar Latin molliare, from Latin molliāre, from Latin mollis — to soften, to melt.
Atommülllager (German): nuclear waste disposal site
Definitions
- nuclear waste disposal site
Ancestry of “Atommülllager”, step by step
Atommülllager traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Atommüll
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Atommüll | nuclear waste |
| 2 | German | Müll | trash, garbage, refuse, waste, junk; nonsense |
| 3 | English | mull | To work mentally; to cogitate; to ruminate; To... |
| 4 | Middle English | mollen | to soften by wetting |
| 5 | Old French | moillier | to wet |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | molliare | to soften by soaking; second-person singular... |
| 7 | Latin | molliāre | soak, drench |
| 8 | Latin | mollis | soft, delicate to the touch; pliant, flexible,... |
| 9 | Latin | molduis | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | moldus | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | *ml̥dus | soft, weak |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)meld- | to soften, to melt |