Where does “muid” come from?

muid (French) comes from Latin modius, from Latin modus, from Proto-Indo-European mēd-, from Proto-Indo-European med- — to measure; to give advice; healing.

muid (French): hogshead

Definitions

  1. hogshead

Ancestry of “muid”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmodiusmodius, a unit of dry measure of about a peck or...
2Latinmodusmeasure
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmēd-to measure
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmed-to measure; to give advice; healing

Words derived from “muid

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