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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

  1. senile dementia; senile person

Ancestry of “ραμολιμέντο”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianrammollimentosoftening
2ItalianrammollireTo soften
3Italianmollowet, damp, saturated, soaked; first-person...
4Italianmollareto let go, get off; to drop, maroon; to cast off
5Italianmollesoft; flabby; weak, feeble
6Latinmollissoft, delicate to the touch; pliant, flexible,...
7Latinmolduis—
8Proto-Italicmoldus—
9Proto-Indo-European*ml̥dus—
10Proto-Indo-European(s)meld-to soften, to melt
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