The story
- Latin · derived frommollis“soft”
- French · derived frommolasse
- English todaymolasse
From French molasse, a kind of sandstone, from Latin mollis (“soft”).
Words from the same roots
Latinmollis all →
mullermullmulleinmollifymollinmolletonmollipilosemollisolparthemollin
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.