Where does “emolient” come from?
emolient (Romanian) comes from French émollient, from Latin emolliēns, from Latin ēmolliō, from Latin molliō, from Latin mollis, from Latin molduis, from Proto-Italic moldus, from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥dus — to soften, to melt.
emolient (Romanian): emollient
Definitions
- emollient
Ancestry of “emolient”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | émollient | emollient; third-person plural present indicative... |
| 2 | Latin | emolliēns | softening |
| 3 | Latin | ēmolliō | to soften |
| 4 | Latin | molliō | to soften, make soft, make calm, moderate, mitigate, mollify |
| 5 | Latin | mollis | soft, delicate to the touch; pliant, flexible,... |
| 6 | Latin | molduis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | moldus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | *ml̥dus | soft, weak |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)meld- | to soften, to melt |