Etymology

demulce

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Today it means: To soothe, assuage, pacify or soften. Full definition →

Latin dēmulceō
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromdēmulceō“to soothe”
  2. English todaydemulce

From Latin dēmulceō (“to soothe”); dē- + mulceō (“to stroke”).

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