Where does “h muet” come from?

h muet (French) comes from French muet, from Middle French mut, from Old French mu, from Latin mūtus — mute, dumb, silent, unable to speak, inarticulate.

h muet (French): mute h, silent h

Definitions

  1. mute h, silent h

Ancestry of “h muet”, step by step

h muet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French muet

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmuetdumb; silent, mute, unspeaking; silent, unvoiced,...
2Middle Frenchmutmute
3Old Frenchmu—
4Latinmūtusmute, dumb, silent, unable to speak, inarticulate

via French h

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchh—

Words derived from “h muet”

Every word from Latin mūtus →Every word from Old French mu →Every word from Middle French mut →