Where does “meute” come from?

meute (Dutch) comes from French meute, from Middle French meute, from Old French muete, from Latin movita, from Latin moveō, from Proto-Italic moweō, from Proto-Indo-European mew- — to move.

meute (Dutch): pack, rout, crowd

Definitions

  1. pack, rout, crowd

Ancestry of “meute”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmeutepack; mob
2Middle Frenchmeute
3Old Frenchmuete
4Latinmovitamotion
5Latinmoveōto move, stir, set in motion
6Proto-Italicmoweōto move
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmew-to move
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mew-Every word from Proto-Italic moweōEvery word from Latin moveō
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