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Where does “mojado” come from?

mojado (Spanish) comes from Spanish mojar, from Vulgar Latin molliare, from Latin molliāre, 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.

mojado (Spanish): wet; Wetback; one who crosses an international...

Definitions

  1. wet; Wetback; one who crosses an international...

Ancestry of “mojado”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishmojarto moisten; to make wet, to wet; to dip
2Vulgar Latinmolliareto soften by soaking; second-person singular...
3Latinmolliāre—
4Latinmollissoft, delicate to the touch; pliant, flexible,...
5Latinmolduis—
6Proto-Italicmoldus—
7Proto-Indo-European*ml̥dus—
8Proto-Indo-European(s)meld-to soften, to melt

Words derived from “mojado”

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