Where does “mummy nut” come from?
mummy nut (English) comes from English mummy, from Middle English mummie, from Anglo-Norman mumie, from Middle French momie, from Medieval Latin mumia, from Arabic مُومِيَاء, from Classical Persian مومیا, from Persian موم — wax; candle.
mummy nut (English): Nuts left over in trees after harvesting
Definitions
- Nuts left over in trees after harvesting
Ancestry of “mummy nut”, step by step
mummy nut traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English mummy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | mummy | An embalmed human or animal corpse wrapped in... |
| 2 | Middle English | mummie | — |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | mumie | mummy |
| 4 | Middle French | momie | — |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | mumia | — |
| 6 | Arabic | مُومِيَاء | — |
| 7 | Classical Persian | مومیا | — |
| 8 | Persian | موم | wax; candle |
via English nut
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | nut | A hard-shelled seed; A piece of metal, usually... |
| 2 | Middle English | nute | — |
| 3 | Old English | hnutu | nut |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | hnut | nut |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hnuts | nut |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | knew- | to scrape; scratch; rub; to scratch; scrape; rub |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ken- | to arise, begin |