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