Where does “mollestra” come from?

mollestra (Latin) comes from Latin -trum, from Proto-Italic -trom, from Proto-Indo-European -trom, from Proto-Indo-European -tḗr — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

mollestra (Latin): A sheep's felt for wiping helmets

Definitions

  1. A sheep's felt for wiping helmets

Ancestry of “mollestra”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-trumforming instrument nouns
2Proto-Italic-tromsuffix forming instrument nouns from verbs
3Proto-Indo-European-tromForms nouns denoting a tool or instrument
4Proto-Indo-European-tḗrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tḗr →Every word from Latin -trum →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -trom →