Etymology

malac-

Ancient Greek μαλακός
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromμαλακός“soft”
  2. English todaymalac-

From Ancient Greek μαλακός (malakós, “soft”), the word that French mollusque (“mollusk”), originally from Latin mollis (“soft”) was meant to be a calque of.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekμαλακός all →

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