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molinillo

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
molin-il-lo
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A traditional Mexican wood whisk that is twirled between the palms in order to stir hot beverages such as hot chocolate or cacao.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *mélh₂ti Proto-Italic *melō Latin molō Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnus Latin molīnus Late Latin molīnum Spanish molino Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Old Spanish -iello Spanish -illo Spanish molinillobor. English molinillo Borrowed from Spanish molinillo.

Inflected Forms

molinillos (plural)

Questions

What does molinillo mean?
A traditional Mexican wood whisk that is twirled between the palms in order to stir hot beverages such as hot chocolate or cacao.
Where does molinillo come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *mélh₂ti Proto-Italic *melō Latin molō Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnus Latin molīnus Late Latin molīnum Spanish molino Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Old Spanish -iello Spanish -illo Spanish molinillobor. English molinillo Borrowed from Spanish molinillo.

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