Etymology

molestation

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Today it means: The act of molesting. Full definition →

Old French molestacion ← Latin molestatio
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  1. Latin · derived frommolestatio
  2. Old French · derived frommolestacion
  3. English todaymolestation

From Old French molestacion, from Latin molestatio. By surface analysis, molest + -ation.

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