Etymology

moulin

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Today it means: A cylindrical, vertical shaft that extends through a glacier and is carved by meltwater from the glacier’s surface. Full definition →

French moulin ← Late Latin molinum
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moulin · noun1

  1. Late Latin · derived frommolinum“mill”
  2. French · borrowed frommoulin
  3. English todaymoulin

Borrowed from French moulin, from Late Latin molinum (“mill”). Doublet of moline and mill.

Moulin · proper noun2

  1. French · borrowed fromMoulin
  2. English todayMoulin

Borrowed from French Moulin.

Words from the same roots

Late Latinmolinum all →

moline

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