amollishment

The story

1. Latin · derived from-menta
2. Late Latin · derived from-mentum
3. Latin · derived frommollīre“to make soft, soften”
4. French · derived frommou
5. Latin · derived fromad“to”
6. French · borrowed fromamollissement
7. English todayamollishment

From French amollissement, from amolliss- [extended stem of amollir (“to soften”, verb), from a- {from Latin ad (“to”)} + mollir, from French mou, or from Latin mollīre (“to make soft, soften”)] + -ment (suffix forming nouns from verbs) [from Late Latin -mentum, from Latin -menta]; equivalent to English amollish (see Middle English amolisshen) + -ment.

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