The story
- Latin · derived frommollire
- Latin · derived fromad
- French · derived fromramollir“to make soft, to soften”
- English todayramollescence
From French ramollir (“to make soft, to soften”), from re- (“re-”) + amollir (“to soften”), from a (Latin ad) + mollir (“to soften”), from Latin mollire, from mollis (“soft”).
Words from the same roots
Latinad all →
adagreeassaultadjustcollexcisepiedmontabbreviationassailantaffrontadroitapportionassailalliterationappuiabasea-accouteracquiet-adad baculumad captandumad coelumaddorsedaddulceadretaffamishafforestalluminoramollishment
Latinmollire all →
amollishment
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.