Where does “meute” come from?

meute (French) comes from Middle French meute, from Old French muete, from Latin movita, from Latin moveō, from Proto-Italic moweō, from Proto-Indo-European mew- — to move.

meute (French): pack; mob

Definitions

  1. pack; mob

Ancestry of “meute”, step by step

meute traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle French meute

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchmeute
2Old Frenchmuete
3Latinmovitamotion
4Latinmoveōto move, stir, set in motion
5Proto-Italicmoweōto move
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmew-to move

via Old French meute

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmeute

Words derived from “meute

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mew-Every word from Proto-Italic moweōEvery word from Latin moveō