Reconstruction:Latin/molliare
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From mollis (“soft”) + -iāre (causative verb-forming suffix).
Compare the Classical mollīre (“soften”), which it mostly displaced in Romance. For the sense development from "soften" to "soak", compare German einweichen.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
*molliāre (Proto-Romance)
Descendants edit
- Balkan Romance:
- Italo-Romance:
- North Italian:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
References edit
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “*mŏlliare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 6/3: Mobilis–Myxa, page 43