Etymology Explorer › Old Portuguese

Where does “mudo” come from?

mudo (Old Portuguese) comes from Latin mutus, from Proto-Indo-European mewH- — to wash, wet; to make wet, wash; wet.

Ancestry of “mudo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmutusmute, dumb, silent
2Proto-Indo-EuropeanmewH-to wash, wet; to make wet, wash; wet

Words derived from “mudo”

  • mudo
  • mudez
  • muda
  • surdo-mudo
  • mudo
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