Where does “mutating” come from?
Mutating comes from Latin mutatus, past participle of mutare meaning "to change," from movere meaning "to move," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European mew-.
mutating (English): present participle of mutate; Causing or tending...
Definitions
- present participle of mutate; Causing or tending...
Ancestry of “mutating”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | mutate | To undergo mutation; To cause mutation |
| 2 | English | mutation | Any alteration or change; Any heritable change of... |
| 3 | Middle English | mutacioun | alteration, change, modification |
| 4 | Old French | mutacion | alteration; change |
| 5 | Latin | mutatio | change, alteration; interchange, exchange |
| 6 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 7 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 8 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 9 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 10 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 11 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 12 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |