Where does “muton” come from?

muton (English) comes from English mutation, from Middle English mutacioun, from Old French mutacion, from Latin mutatio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.

muton (English): A unit of mutation forming part of a recon

Definitions

  1. A unit of mutation forming part of a recon

Ancestry of “muton”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmutationAny alteration or change; Any heritable change of...
2Middle Englishmutaciounalteration, change, modification
3Old Frenchmutacionalteration; change
4Latinmutatiochange, alteration; interchange, exchange
5Latin-tiōtion, -ation, -ing
6Latindissertātiō(spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition
7Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
8Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
9Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
10Latincalceusshoe
11Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
12Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

Words derived from “muton

Every word from Ancient Greek χάλιξEvery word from Latin -tiōEvery word from Latin dis-