verb
molliāre
*molliāre
Meaning
- Proto Romancereconstructionsoak, drench
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-yetider. Latin -iāre Latin *molliāre 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.
Gallo-Romance
- Catalanmullar
- Occitanmolhar
- Old Frenchmoillier
- Old Frenchmuillier
Ibero-Romance
- Portuguesemolharfrom Old Galician-Portuguese mollar
- Spanishmojar
- Asturianmoyar
- Galicianmollarfrom Old Galician-Portuguese mollar
Balkano-Romance
- Romanianmuia
- Aromanianmuljari
Italo-Dalmatian
- Sicilianmuḍḍiari
- Sicilianammugghiari
- Venetanmojar
- Venetanmogiar
Gallo-Italic
- Emilianmujà
- Lombardmojà
- Piedmontesemujé
In English words that came into English from molliāre
- muller*molliāre