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mola.

millstone; ground meal; mill (pl.) [salsa ~ => salted meal, for sacrifices];

4 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈmɔ.ɫa]Classical-Latin[ˈmɔː.la]

  1. millstone

    declension-1 · feminine

  2. mill

    declension-1 · especially · feminine · in-plural

  3. ground meal

    declension-1 · feminine

  4. (sacred) flour, coarse-ground meal used in sacrifices

    declension-1 · feminine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *molh₂éh₂ Proto-Italic *molā Latin mola Inherited from Proto-Italic *molā, from Proto-Indo-European *molh₂éh₂, from the root *melh₂- (“to grind, crush”). The lack of the development of *mo- > *ma- in open syllables is possibly due to the presence of the word-medial laryngeal. Doublet of mollis (“soft”) and cognate with Ancient Greek μῠ́λη (mŭ́lē, “mill”) and English meal. See also English maelstrom.

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