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
- waste incinerator
Ancestry of “Müllverbrennungsanlage”, step by step
Müllverbrennungsanlage traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Müllverbrennung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Müllverbrennung | waste incineration |
| 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 |
via German Anlage
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Anlage | public green area, site, park, garden; plant,... |
| 2 | German | anlegen | to create; to put on; to start a fight with |
| 3 | German | an | on; upon; at; in; against; by; near; close to;... |
| 4 | Middle High German | āne | without |
| 5 | Old High German | āna | without |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | ana | on |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | *an | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | ana | on, at; on, onto; ana |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |