emollient的词源

英文词源

emollient (adj.)

1640s, from French émollient (16c.), from Latin emollientem (nominative emolliens), present participle of emollire "to make soft, soften," from assimilated form of ex- "out" (see ex-) + mollire "soften," from mollis "soft" (see melt (v.)). The noun is recorded from 1650s.

中文词源

emollient：使缓和的

e-, 向外。-mol, 磨，软，词源同mill,melt.

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