mulier

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Latin word mulier comes from Proto-Indo-European *mol(w)ə-

*mol(w)ə- (Proto-Indo-European)

to grind, mill

*(h₂)ml̥dus (Proto-Indo-European)

*molduis (Latin)

mulier (Latin)

(figuratively) a coward, poltroon. A wife. A woman, female.

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