Etymology Word of the Week – As some of you know, in addition to working in the Admissions Office, I also teach Latin at Saint Ignatius and am something of a "word nerd." Thus, each week, I’ll sneak a vocabulary word (sometimes derived from Latin, sometimes not) into the e-blast. Here then is this week’s edition of the Etymology Word of the Week.
Mollify
Definition: “to soften; to soothe in temper or disposition; to appease.”
Origin/Derivation: From the Latin adjective mollis meaning "soft" and the Latin verb fio meaning "to make".
Related Words/Phrases: emollient (beauty product), mollusk (which typically has a soft body covered by hard shell); crucify, codify, intensify, etc.
(All information is from www.wikipedia.org, www.etymonline.com and/or www.dictionary.com)
“Old Saw” of the Week:
See if you can “complete the phrase” of this time-worn (but true!) adage:
“Many hands make..”