Where does “мутавац” come from?

мутавац (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian му̏тав, from Italian muto, from Latin mūtus — mute, dumb, silent, unable to speak, inarticulate.

мутавац (Serbo-Croatian): mute; a person who expresses themselves badly or...

Definitions

  1. mute; a person who expresses themselves badly or...

Ancestry of “мутавац”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianму̏тавtongue-tied
2Italianmutomute; voiceless; first-person singular present...
3Latinmūtusmute, dumb, silent, unable to speak, inarticulate
Every word from Latin mūtus →Every word from Italian muto →Every word from Serbo-Croatian му̏тав →