Where does “mutable” come from?
Mutable comes from Latin mutabilis, formed from the Latin verb moveo meaning to move, which derives from the Proto-Indo-European root mew-.
mutable (English): Changeable, dynamic, evolutive; inclined to...
Definitions
- Changeable, dynamic, evolutive; inclined to...
Ancestry of “mutable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | mutable | mutable, changeable, variable |
| 2 | Old French | mutable | — |
| 3 | Latin | mutabilis | mutable, changeable, inconstant |
| 4 | Latin | muto | I move, remove; I alter, change, modify,... |
| 5 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 6 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |