Reconstruction:Latin/molliare
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Latin
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editVerb
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, volumes 6/3: Mobilis–Myxa, page 43