Where does “mule” come from?

mule (Middle French) comes from Medieval Latin mula, from Latin mulleus, from Latin -eus, from Ancient Greek -εῖος, from Proto-Indo-European -iHwós, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.

mule (Middle French): slipper

Definitions

  1. slipper

Ancestry of “mule”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latinmula—
2Latinmulleusof a red color (said of shoes)
3Latin-eusargentum + API → argenteus; ferrum + API →...
4Ancient Greek-εῖοςForms adjectives, usually with a meaning of "of"...
5Proto-Indo-European-iHwós—
6Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “mule”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -wós →