Etymograph

English

immolator

Immolator comes from Latin immolō ‘to sprinkle with the sacrificial meal (mola…’, from mola ‘flour’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*melh₂-reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*molh₂éh₂reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*molāreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmola‘flour’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEimmolōas immolator‘to sprinkle with the sacrificial meal (mola salsa)’
  6. Englishtodayimmolator

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*melh₂-reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*molh₂éh₂reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*molāreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmola‘flour’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEimmolōas immolator‘to sprinkle with the sacrificial meal (mola salsa)’
  6. Englishtodayimmolator

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *melh₂-

meal, mill, mild, mule, mold, mould, bonanza, mullet, camo, mull, amalgam, malleable, maelstrom, martel, moulin, melatonin, moline, malm, amyl, 38 more

through Latin mola ‘flour’

miller, muller, mole, molar, 2 more

Today it means

noun One who offers in sacrifice.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- / immolator

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