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Lewis’s Elementary Latin Dictionary
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Latin · Etymology
From Proto-Italic * moltos , further origin uncertain . Possibly from the same root as melior ( “ better ” ) , itself of uncertain origin: proposed cognates in other languages include Ancient Greek μάλα ( mála , “ very, much ” ) and the very rare Latvian milns ( “ very many ” ) . Per De Vaan, the form * moltos could develop regularly from either Proto-Indo-European * ml̥-tos or * mol-tos ( “ good, big(?) ” ) , presumably composed of a root * mel- and the suffix * -tós , but this derivation remains speculative and is not universally accepted.
Alternatively, Prósper 2016 proposes a derivation from Proto-Indo-European * ml̥h₃-tόs , from * melh₃- , whence also Ancient Greek βλώσκω ( blṓskō ) and perhaps Venetic Moltisa . Hoewever, by generally accepted sound changes, the expected outcome of Proto-Indo-European * ml̥h₃-tόs in Latin would be * mlātus (see lātus ). Prósper proposes a special sound change that deleted a laryngeal in the context * Cl̥HC- if the first consonant was labial and the second consonant was a stop.
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