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Where does “meute” come from?

meute (Middle French) comes from Old French muete, from Latin movita, from Latin moveō, from Proto-Italic moweō, from Proto-Indo-European mew- — to move.

Ancestry of “meute”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmuete—
2Latinmovita—
3Latinmoveō—
4Proto-Italicmoweō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmew-to move

Words derived from “meute”

  • antimotines
  • amotinar
  • motín
  • mutiner
  • mutina
  • mutinerie
  • meute
  • mutine
  • mutin
  • antimutinerie
  • Meute
  • meute
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mew- →