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Etymology
() From Middle English mollen (“to soften by wetting”), from Old French moillier with the same meaning, from Latin molla panis (“soft part of bread”), from mollis (“soft”); from the Proto-Indo-European root 'mel-', 'soft'. Sense 3 of the noun is derived from the Hebrew word 'mohel' (ritual circumciser) and refers to the foreskin-like shape of the unwanted rim.