Word Origin Summary

Molest is attested in English. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.

Ancestry Chain

1. molesterFrenchderived from
2. molestenMiddle Englishinherited from
3. molestōLatinderived from

Descendants and Related Terms

• molestiya

  Tagalog · borrowed from

• molesta

  Tagalog · borrowed from

• molestiyahin

  Tagalog · borrowed from

• molestahin

  Tagalog · borrowed from

• mangmolestiya

  Tagalog · borrowed from

• molestar

  IDO · borrowed from

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