Where does “ραμολιμέντο” come from?
ραμολιμέντο (Greek) comes from Italian rammollimento, from Italian rammollire, from Italian mollo, from Italian mollare, from Italian molle, from Latin mollis, from Latin molduis, from Proto-Italic moldus — to soften, to melt.
ραμολιμέντο (Greek): senile dementia; senile person
Definitions
- senile dementia; senile person
Ancestry of “ραμολιμέντο”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | rammollimento | softening |
| 2 | Italian | rammollire | To soften |
| 3 | Italian | mollo | wet, damp, saturated, soaked; first-person... |
| 4 | Italian | mollare | to let go, get off; to drop, maroon; to cast off |
| 5 | Italian | molle | soft; flabby; weak, feeble |
| 6 | Latin | mollis | soft, delicate to the touch; pliant, flexible,... |
| 7 | Latin | molduis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | moldus | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | *ml̥dus | soft, weak |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)meld- | to soften, to melt |