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Where does “largemouth” come from?

Largemouth comes from English large and Middle English mouth, tracing back through Old English mūþ to Latin larga and ultimately Proto-Indo-European men-.

largemouth (English): Applied to various kinds of fish characterized by...

Definitions

  1. Applied to various kinds of fish characterized by...

Ancestry of “largemouth”, 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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