Where does “mutableness” come from?
mutableness (English) comes from English mutable, from Middle English mutable, from Old French mutable, from Latin mutabilis, from Latin muto, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
mutableness (English): The quality of being mutable
Definitions
- The quality of being mutable
Ancestry of “mutableness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | mutable | Changeable, dynamic, evolutive; inclined to... |
| 2 | Middle English | mutable | — |
| 3 | Old French | mutable | — |
| 4 | Latin | mutabilis | mutable, changeable, inconstant |
| 5 | Latin | muto | I move, remove; I alter, change, modify,... |
| 6 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 7 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |