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Where does “muer” come from?

muer (Old French) comes 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.

muer (Old French): to move

Definitions

  1. to move

Ancestry of “muer”, step by step

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

Words derived from “muer”

  • transmute
  • mewling
  • transmutable
  • mewl
  • transmutability
  • transmuter
  • intransmutable
  • untransmutable
  • transmew
  • transmuteth
  • mewler
  • transmutest
  • transmutably
  • intransmutability
  • transmutableness
  • transmuto
  • transmutare
  • transmutatus
  • transmutans
  • transmutandus
  • transmutaturus
  • extramutare
  • transmutar
  • trasmutabile
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