Etymology Explorer
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Where does “mob” come from?
mob (Middle English) comes from Middle English mobile, from Latin mōbile.
Ancestry of “mob”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Middle English
mobile
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2
Latin
mōbile
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Words derived from “mob”
mobility
mob
mobster
hypermobility
mobbing
automobility
hypomobility
mobocracy
mobbish
mobsman
mobled
moblike
mobber
mobocrat
mobbism
moble
flashmob
electromobility
antimob
mobsterism
mobbist
intermobility
mob cap
mobbe
Every word from Latin mōbile →