English
amolition
Amolition comes from Latin āmōlītiō ‘a removing, putting away’, from mōlior ‘to strive, endeavor, work at’, and ultimately from mōlēs ‘multitude, mass (of material)’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmōlēs‘multitude, mass (of material)’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmōlior‘to strive, endeavor, work at’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEāmōlior‘to remove from’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEāmōlītiō‘a removing, putting away’
- Englishtodayamolition
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmōlēs‘multitude, mass (of material)’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmōlior‘to strive, endeavor, work at’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEāmōlior‘to remove from’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEāmōlītiō‘a removing, putting away’
- Englishtodayamolition
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *meh₃- ‘to exert’
through Latin mōlēs ‘multitude, mass (of material)’
through Latin mōlior ‘to strive, endeavor, work at’
Today it means
noun A putting away; a forcible removal; the act of amolishing.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin mōlēs / amolition