Where does “moult” come from?
Moult comes from Middle English mouten, from Old English mutian, from Latin muto, from Latin moveo meaning "to move," from Proto-Indo-European mew-.
moult (English): The process of shedding or losing a covering of...
Definitions
- The process of shedding or losing a covering of...
Ancestry of “moult”, step by step
| 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 |