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Where does “Müllverbrennungsanlage” come from?

Müllverbrennungsanlage (German) comes from German Müllverbrennung, 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.

Müllverbrennungsanlage (German): waste incinerator

Definitions

  1. waste incinerator

Ancestry of “Müllverbrennungsanlage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanMüllverbrennungwaste incineration
2GermanMülltrash, garbage, refuse, waste, junk; nonsense
3EnglishmullTo work mentally; to cogitate; to ruminate; To...
4Middle Englishmollento soften by wetting
5Old Frenchmoillierto wet
6Vulgar Latinmolliareto soften by soaking; second-person singular...
7Latinmolliāre—
8Latinmollissoft, delicate to the touch; pliant, flexible,...
9Latinmolduis—
10Proto-Italicmoldus—
11Proto-Indo-European*ml̥dus—
12Proto-Indo-European(s)meld-to soften, to melt
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