Where does “mouter” come from?
mouter (Dutch) comes from Middle English mouten, from Old English mutian, from Latin muto, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
mouter (Dutch): a maltster, a person who malts grain
Definitions
- a maltster, a person who malts grain
Ancestry of “mouter”, step by step
mouter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English mouten
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | mouten | — |
| 2 | Old English | mutian | — |
| 3 | Latin | muto | I move, remove; I alter, change, modify,... |
| 4 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 5 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |