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Where does “broadmouth” come from?

broadmouth (English) comes from English mouth, from Middle English mouþ, from Old English mūþ, from Proto-West Germanic *munþ, from Proto-Germanic munþaz, from Proto-Indo-European men- — to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,...

broadmouth (English): One of the Eurylaimidae, a family of East Indian...

Definitions

  1. One of the Eurylaimidae, a family of East Indian...

Ancestry of “broadmouth”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmouthThe opening of a creature through which food is...
2Middle EnglishmouþAlternative form of mouth
3Old Englishmūþmouth, opening, door, gate
4Proto-West Germanic*munþ—
5Proto-Germanicmunþazmouth
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmen-to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,...
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