mojito

The story

1. Latin · derived frommolliō“soften”
2. Vulgar Latin · derived from*molliō“to soften by soaking”
3. Spanish · borrowed frommojito
4. English todaymojito

From Spanish mojito, diminutive of mojo (“sauce”), from mojar (“to moisten”), from Vulgar Latin *molliō (“to soften by soaking”), from Latin molliō (“soften”), from mollis (“soft”).