Etymograph

English

amolition

Amolition comes from Latin āmōlītiō ‘a removing, putting away’, from mōlior ‘to strive, endeavor, work at’, and ultimately from mōlēs ‘multitude, mass (of material)’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmōlēs1‘multitude, mass (of material)’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmōlior2‘to strive, endeavor, work at’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEāmōlior3‘to remove from’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEāmōlītiō3‘a removing, putting away’
  5. Englishtodayamolition3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin molior
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Latin amolior
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English amolition

Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmōlēsWiktionary, Latin molior‘multitude, mass (of material)’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmōliorWiktionary, Latin amolior‘to strive, endeavor, work at’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEāmōliorWiktionary, English amolition‘to remove from’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEāmōlītiōWiktionary, English amolition‘a removing, putting away’
  5. EnglishtodayamolitionWiktionary, English amolition

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *meh₃- ‘to exert’

amazing, maze, 4 more

through Latin mōlēs ‘multitude, mass (of material)’

molecule, molest, 4 more

through Latin mōlior ‘to strive, endeavor, work at’

demolish, demolition, 3 more

Today it means

noun A putting away; a forcible removal; the act of amolishing.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “amolition”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin molior, Latin amolior. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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