Where does “mud” come from?

mud (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch mudde, from Latin modius, from Latin modus, from Proto-Indo-European mēd-, from Proto-Indo-European med- — to measure; to give advice; healing.

mud (Dutch): An old measure of volume, varying in content over...

Definitions

  1. An old measure of volume, varying in content over...

Ancestry of “mud”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchmudde—
2Latinmodiusmodius, a unit of dry measure of about a peck or...
3Latinmodusmeasure
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmēd-to measure
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmed-to measure; to give advice; healing

Words derived from “mud”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European med- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēd- →Every word from Latin modus →