English
malacissation
Malacissation comes from Latin malacissare ‘to make soft’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmalacissare‘to make soft’
- Englishearliest quotation 1627malacissation
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmalacissare‘to make soft’
- Englishearliest quotation 1627malacissation
Earliest quotation: 1627, (please specify the page, or |century=I to X): “All sudden renovation of the body is wrought either…”
Every English word from Latin malacissare
Today it means
noun The act of making soft or supple.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin malacissare / malacissation