English
malaxation
Malaxation comes from Latin malaxātiō ‘softening, mollifying, malaxation’, and goes back to Ancient Greek μαλακός ‘soft’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEμαλακόςmalakós‘soft’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEμαλάσσω‘to soften’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmalaxō‘to soften, to knead’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmalaxātiō‘softening, mollifying, malaxation’
- Englishtodaymalaxation
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEμαλακόςmalakós‘soft’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEμαλάσσω‘to soften’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmalaxō‘to soften, to knead’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmalaxātiō‘softening, mollifying, malaxation’
- Englishtodaymalaxation
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- ‘soft, weak’
miller, mill, meal, mild, mold, mole, mould, mule, muller, camo, mullet, mull, molar, moulin, moline, maelstrom, melatonin, malleable, martel, amyl, malm, 38 more
through Proto-Hellenic *məlakos
through Ancient Greek μαλάσσω ‘to soften’
Today it means
noun The act of softening a mass by malaxating.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek μαλακός / malaxation