Where does “molicel” come from?
molicel (Romanian) comes from Latin mollicellus, from Latin molliculus, from Latin mollis, from Latin molduis, from Proto-Italic moldus, from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥dus, from Proto-Indo-European (s)meld- — to soften, to melt.
molicel (Romanian): softish
Ancestry of “molicel”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | mollicellus | soft, tender, delicate |
| 2 | Latin | molliculus | soft, tender, delicate; voluptuous |
| 3 | Latin | mollis | soft, delicate to the touch; pliant, flexible,... |
| 4 | Latin | molduis | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | moldus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | *ml̥dus | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)meld- | to soften, to melt |