Where does “muet” come from?

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

muet (French): dumb; silent, mute, unspeaking; silent, unvoiced,...

Definitions

  1. dumb; silent, mute, unspeaking; silent, unvoiced,...

Ancestry of “muet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchmutmute
2Old Frenchmu
3Latinmūtusmute, dumb, silent, unable to speak, inarticulate

Words derived from “muet

Every word from Latin mūtusEvery word from Old French muEvery word from Middle French mut