The story
- Latin · derived frommollis“soft”
- English todaymollisol
Words from the same roots
Latinmollis all →
mullermullmulleinmollifymollinmolassemolletonmollipiloseparthemollin
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
mollisol
Today it means: A type of soil that forms in semiarid to semihumid areas, typically under a grassland cover, with deep, high organic matter and a nutrient-enriched surface soil (or horizon). Full definition →
Latin mollis