Where does “mob” come from?
mob (French) comes from French mobylette, from French mobile, from Latin mōbilis, from Latin -bilis, from Proto-Italic -ðlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom — Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...
mob (French): scooter, moped
Definitions
- scooter, moped
Ancestry of “mob”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | mobylette | moped |
| 2 | French | mobile | mobile; moving; movable |
| 3 | Latin | mōbilis | movable, loose |
| 4 | Latin | -bilis | -ble |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -ðlis | Forms adjectives from verb stems indicating capacity or worth of being acted on |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlom | Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;... |