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Where does “premoult” come from?

premoult (English) comes from English moult, from Middle English mouten, from Old English mutian, from Latin muto, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

premoult (English): Alternative form of premolt

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of premolt

Ancestry of “premoult”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmoultThe process of shedding or losing a covering of...
2Middle Englishmouten—
3Old Englishmutian—
4LatinmutoI move, remove; I alter, change, modify,...
5Latin-iumSuffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
6Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
7Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
8Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
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