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The word “immolate” comes from salted flour
Rome's Vestal Virgins made mola salsa, toasted flour mixed with salt, which was sprinkled on every animal before an official sacrifice. “To put on the mola,” immolare, came to mean “to sacrifice,” giving English “immolation.”
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The Salt Almanac. (2026, November 8). The word immolate comes from salted flour. https://saltalmanac.com/did-you-know/immolate-salted-flour
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Original sources
- Wikipedia. Mola salsa. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mola_salsa