Etymograph

English

immolator

Immolator comes from Latin immolō ‘to sprinkle with the sacrificial meal (mola…’, from mola ‘flour’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*melh₂-1reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*molh₂éh₂1reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*molā1reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmola1‘flour’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEimmolō2as immolator‘to sprinkle with the sacrificial meal (mola salsa)’
  6. Englishtodayimmolator2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin immolo
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English immolator

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*melh₂-Wiktionary, Latin immoloreconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*molh₂éh₂Wiktionary, Latin immoloreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*molāWiktionary, Latin immoloreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmolaWiktionary, Latin immolo‘flour’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEimmolōWiktionary, English immolatoras immolator‘to sprinkle with the sacrificial meal (mola salsa)’
  6. EnglishtodayimmolatorWiktionary, English immolator

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *melh₂-

meal, mill, mild, mule, mold, mould, bonanza, mullet, camo, mull, amalgam, malleable, maelstrom, martel, moulin, melatonin, moline, malm, amyl, 38 more

through Latin mola ‘flour’

miller, muller, mole, molar, 2 more

Today it means

noun One who offers in sacrifice.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “immolator”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin immolo. 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.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- / immolator

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