Etymology Explorer
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Where does “molle” come from?
molle (Middle Low German) comes from Latin mulctra, from Latin mulgeō — to milk, extract.
Ancestry of “molle”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Latin
mulctra
milk-pail; cow's milk
2
Latin
mulgeō
to milk, extract
Words derived from “molle”
Molle
Mollebaum
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