英文词源
- mollify (v.)
- late 14c., "to soften (a substance)," from Old French mollifier or directly from Late Latin mollificare "make soft, mollify" from mollificus "softening," from Latin mollis "soft" (see melt (v.)) + root of facere "to make" (see factitious). Transferred sense of "soften in temper, appease, pacify" is recorded from early 15c. Related: Mollified; mollifying.
中文词源
来自拉丁语mollis,软的，词源同melt,-fy,使。即使软下来，引申词义使平静，抚慰。
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：mollify 词源，mollify 含义。
-ify是动词后缀；主要看词根moll，比较两个同源词melt（融化；熔化）和mild（柔和的），三者主体形式一致，元音部分有些许变化，且都来自印欧词根*mel-（柔，软），“安抚”是使急躁的情绪变柔缓，“融化”是硬的东西变柔软，“柔和的”就无需多言了。
