Mouille
/muːˈjeɪ/noun
A wetting or soaking; a term borrowed from French and now rare in English.
Did you know?Mouille ultimately belongs to the same linguistic family as mollify and emollient, all tracing back to the Latin idea of making something soft or pliable.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*mel-
“To be soft or tender; the reconstructed root behind later words for softness.”
Classical Latin
Latin
mollis
“Soft, tender, or yielding.”
Classical Latin
Latin
molliare
“To soften or make pliable.”
Old French
Old French
moillier
“To moisten or make wet; a development associated with the Latin family of softness.”
Modern French
French
mouille
“A feminine form related to mouillé, meaning wet or moistened.”
Early Modern English
English
mouille
“A borrowing used for wetting, soaking, or moisture; now rare.”
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