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Where does “mutuel” come from?

mutuel (French) comes from Latin mūtuus, from Latin muto, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

mutuel (French): reciprocal; mutual

Definitions

  1. reciprocal; mutual

Ancestry of “mutuel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmūtuus—
2LatinmutoI move, remove; I alter, change, modify,...
3Latin-iumSuffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
4Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
5Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
6Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “mutuel”

  • mutualiste
  • mutualité
  • mutuellisme
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →