Etymograph

English

molimen

Molimen comes from Latin molimen ‘great exertion, effort, endeavor, attempt’, and goes back to mōlēs ‘multitude, mass (of material)’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmōlēs1‘multitude, mass (of material)’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmōlior1‘to strive, endeavor, undertake’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmolimen2‘great exertion, effort, endeavor, attempt’
  4. Englishtodaymolimen2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin molimen
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English molimen

Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmōlēsWiktionary, Latin molimen‘multitude, mass (of material)’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmōliorWiktionary, Latin molimen‘to strive, endeavor, undertake’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmolimenWiktionary, English molimen‘great exertion, effort, endeavor, attempt’
  4. EnglishtodaymolimenWiktionary, English molimen

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, undertake’

demolition, demolish, 3 more

Today it means

noun An effort or impulse toward a certain effect.

Sources

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