Where does “mewen” come from?
mewen (Middle English) comes from Old French muer, 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.
mewen (Middle English): To mew or moult; to rid oneself of their...
Definitions
- To mew or moult; to rid oneself of their...
Ancestry of “mewen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old French | muer | to move |
| 2 | Latin | muto | I move, remove; I alter, change, modify,... |
| 3 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 4 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
Words derived from “mewen”