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The Italian word for wife or "woman", "moglie". Is this derived from
Latin "mulier" or "mulieris"?

Stan Mulaik

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It is derived from "mulieris". There is another form "mogliere" which is
found in older texts and is used in many southern dialects.
RBColasacco