Etymology

molinet

M3O1L1I1N1E1T1

Today it means: A short rod that was used for stirring hot chocolate drinks before emulsifiers were available. Full definition →

French moulinet
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The story

  1. French · borrowed frommoulinet
  2. English todaymolinet

From French moulinet, from moulin + -et. Doublet of moulinet.

Words from the same roots

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moulinet

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.