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Where does “muger” come from?

muger (Spanish) comes from Spanish mujer, from Old Spanish mugier, from Latin mulier, from Latin mollior, from Latin mollis, from Latin molduis, from Proto-Italic moldus, from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥dus — to soften, to melt.

muger (Spanish): Archaic spelling of mujer

Definitions

  1. Archaic spelling of mujer

Ancestry of “muger”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishmujerwoman; wife
2Old Spanishmugierwoman; wife
3Latinmuliera woman, female; a wife; a coward, poltroon
4Latinmolliorsofter, milder, weaker etc; first-person singular...
5Latinmollissoft, delicate to the touch; pliant, flexible,...
6Latinmolduis—
7Proto-Italicmoldus—
8Proto-Indo-European*ml̥dus—
9Proto-Indo-European(s)meld-to soften, to melt
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