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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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchmeute—
2Old Frenchmuete—
3Latinmovita—
4Latinmoveō—
5Proto-Italicmoweō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmew-to move

Words derived from “meute”

  • antimotines
  • amotinar
  • motín
  • mutiner
  • mutina
  • mutinerie
  • mutine
  • mutin
  • antimutinerie
  • Meute
  • meute
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mew- →