Where does “mutălău” come from?

mutălău (Romanian) comes from Romanian mut, from Latin mūtus — mute, dumb, silent, unable to speak, inarticulate.

mutălău (Romanian): taciturn

Definitions

  1. taciturn

Ancestry of “mutălău”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianmutdumb, mute; first-person singular present...
2Latinmūtusmute, dumb, silent, unable to speak, inarticulate
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