Where does “mood” come from?

mood (Somali) comes from Arabic موت, from Proto-Semitic *mawt-.

mood (Somali): dead; not alive

Definitions

  1. dead; not alive

Ancestry of “mood”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicموتverbal noun of مَاتَ; death; demise
2Proto-Semitic*mawt-—
Every word from Proto-Semitic *mawt- →Every word from Arabic موت →
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