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Where does “mouthsore” come from?

mouthsore (English) comes from Middle English mouthsor, from Old English mūþsār — mouthsore.

mouthsore (English): A sore in or of the mouth

Definitions

  1. A sore in or of the mouth

Ancestry of “mouthsore”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishmouthsor—
2Old Englishmūþsārmouthsore
Every word from Old English mūþsār →