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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mewH-Every word from Latin mutus
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