Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/moltos

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This Proto-Italic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Italic

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Etymology

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    From Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós (crumbled, crumpled), from *mel-.[1]

    Adjective

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    *moltos (comparative *moltjōs, superlative *moltisemos)

    1. much
    2. many

    Antonyms

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    Declension

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    Derived terms

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    Descendants

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    • Latin: multus (see there for further descendants)

    References

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    1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “longus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 348