Where does “mutant” come from?

Mutant derives from Latin mutans, the present participle of mutare meaning to change, from moveo meaning to move, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European mew-.

mutant (English): Something which has mutated, which has one or...

Definitions

  1. Something which has mutated, which has one or...

Ancestry of “mutant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmutansmoving, removing; altering, changing, modifying,...
2Latinmūtāre

Words derived from “mutant

Every word from Latin mūtāreEvery word from Latin mutans