moper
From mope + -er.
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Etymology tree English mope Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English mopey From mope + -y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsmoppy
From mop + -y.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordmops
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
2 source sections · 2 relationship mentionsmopsy
From mop + -sy.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmopy
Blend of MOP + copy, acronym of "multiple original prints".
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsmora
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mer-? Proto-Indo-European *merh₂- Proto-Indo-European *morh₂éh₂ Proto-Italic *morā Latin moralbor. English mora Learned borrowing from Latin mora (“duration of time, delay”).
3 source sections · 0 relationship mentionsmorah
From Hindi [Term?].
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmorai
From the Ancient Greek μόραι (mórai), the nominative plural form of μόρᾰ (móră), whence mora.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordmoral
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *med- Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-der. Proto-Italic *mōs Latin mōs Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Lat
1 source section · 4 relationship mentionsmoran
Borrowed from Maasai il-múrràn (“warriors”).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmorat
From Italian morato.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordmoray
From Portuguese moreia, from Latin murēna (“sea eel, lamprey”), from Ancient Greek σμύραινα (smúraina), from σμύρος (smúros, “sea eel”).
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsmorbs
Perhaps from morbid, ultimately from Latin morbus (“malady (of body or mind), distress”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordmore
From Middle English more, from Old English māra (“more”), from Proto-West Germanic *maiʀō, from Proto-Germanic *maizô (“more”), from Proto-Indo-European *mē- (“many”). Cognate with Scots mair (“more”), Saterland Frisian
4 source sections · 24 relationship mentionsmorel
Borrowed from French morille (compare Picard merouille, meroule (“morel, mushroom”)), from Middle High German morhel, morchel (“edible fungus, morel”), from Old High German morhila (“edible root”), diminutive of Proto-We
2 source sections · 12 relationship mentionsmores
From Latin mōrēs (“ways, character, morals”), the plural of mōs. Doublet of moeurs.
3 source sections · 1 relationship mention · brief recordmorfa
Borrowed from Welsh morfa.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordmoric
From Latin mōrus (“mulberry-tree”) + -ic (adjective-forming suffix).
2 source sections · 3 relationship mentionsmoril
From French morille. Compare Old High German morhila, Old High German morha (“carrot”), German Morchel. See more (“a root”).
1 source section · 4 relationship mentionsmormo
From Ancient Greek Μορμώ (Mormṓ, “a hideous she-monster, a bugbear”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordmorn
From Middle English morn, morwen, from Old English morgen, from Proto-West Germanic *morgan, *morgin, from Proto-Germanic *murganaz, *murginaz, from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥kéno, *mr̥kóno, from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥Hk
1 source section · 17 relationship mentionsmorna
Borrowed from Portuguese morna.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmorne
From Old French morne, morné, etc.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordmorné
From French morné. Possibly doublet of mourn.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsmoron
Coined by American psychologist Henry H. Goddard in 1910, from Ancient Greek μωρόν (mōrón), the neuter form of μωρός (mōrós, “foolish, dull”).
2 source sections · 1 relationship mentionmoros
From its Spanish name, Spanish moros y cristianos (literally “Moors and Christians”), in reference to the colors of the two ingredients.
1 source section · 1 relationship mentionmorph
Back-formation from morpheme, from Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ, “form, shape”). Compare German Morph, from Morphem. Attested since the 1940s.
5 source sections · 2 relationship mentionsmorra
From Italian morra; further etymology is unknown.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordmorro
Borrowed from Spanish morro.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordmorse
From Middle French mors, from Latin morsus (“bite; clasp”), from mordere (“to bite”).
2 source sections · 6 relationship mentionsmort
From Middle English mort, from Old French mort (“death”).
5 source sections · 12 relationship mentionsmorto
Clipping of mortified + -o.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmos
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
2 source sections · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmoser
Borrowed from Hebrew מוֹסֵר (mosér)
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordmosey
Unknown. Originally attested in Southern US dialects. Suggested origins include: * Spanish vamos (compare vamoose) * British dialectal mosey about (“walk around at leisurely pace”) * an Algonquian term for "walk" (compar
2 source sections · 1 relationship mentionmosh
Possibly an alteration or deformation of mash.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmoss
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mews-der. Proto-Germanic *musą Proto-West Germanic *mos Old English mos Middle English mos English moss From Middle English mos, from Old English mos (“bog, marsh, moss”), from Proto-W
2 source sections · 23 relationship mentionsmossy
From Middle English mossy, equivalent to moss + -y.
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsmost
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₂-der. Proto-Germanic *maiz Proto-Germanic *maistaz Proto-Germanic *maist Proto-West Germanic *maist Old English mǣst Middle English most English most From Middle English most, most
2 source sections · 10 relationship mentionsmot
From French mot. Doublet of motto.
3 source sections · 3 relationship mentionsmote
From Middle English mot, from Old English mot (“grain of sand; mote; atom”), from Proto-West Germanic *mot (“grain of dirt or sand, speck”). Perhaps linked to English mud. Compare West Frisian mot (“peat dust”), Dutch mo
4 source sections · 17 relationship mentionsmoted
From mote + -ed.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmotel
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsmotet
From French motet.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordmotey
From mote + -y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmoth
Etymology tree substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *mat- Proto-Indo-European *-ḗn Proto-Indo-European *matḗn Proto-Germanic *maþôder. Proto-West Germanic *moþþā Old English moþþe Middle English mothe English moth From Mid
3 source sections · 13 relationship mentionsmothy
From moth + -y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmotia
Urdu
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmotif
From French motif (1848), with the meaning of "main idea or theme". Doublet of motive.
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsmoton
From Middle English moton, of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Old French, compare Norman moton (“chin”), from Old French menton (“chin; mentonnière, chinguard (of a helmet)”); alternatively, compare mouton (“sheepskin”).
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsmotor
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -
2 source sections · 4 relationship mentionsmott
Probably ultimately from French motte; compare motte.
2 source sections · 1 relationship mention · brief recordmotte
From French motte, from Anglo-Norman/Old French motte (“mound, hillock”). Doublet of moat.
2 source sections · 3 relationship mentionsmotti
From Finnish motti.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordmotto
Borrowed from Italian motto (“a word, a saying”), from Latin muttum (“a mutter, a grunt”), late 16th c. Doublet of mot.
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsmotu
From a descendant of Proto-Polynesian *motu.
2 source sections · 3 relationship mentionsmotza
Probably from motza, a variant of matzo, or its etymon Yiddish מצה (matse, “(unleavened) bread”). Compare bread, dough (“money”).
2 source sections · 1 relationship mentionmou
From Cantonese 冇 (mou5), also influenced by Malay mau variant of mahu (“to want”).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmoue
Borrowed from French moue, from Old French moe (“grimace”), from Frankish *mauwa (“pout, protruding lip”). Doublet of mow ("grimace").
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsmould
Via Middle English molde, moulde (“mould, cast”) and Old French modle, from Latin modulus.
3 source sections · 13 relationship mentionsmoult
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der. Latin mūtōder. Old English *mutian Middle English mouten English moult From Middle English mouten, from Old English *mutian (attested in bemutian
1 source section · 4 relationship mentionsmound
From earlier meaning "hedge, fence", from Middle English mound, mund (“protection, boundary, raised earthen rampart”), from Old English mund (“hand, hand of protection, protector, guardianship”), from Proto-West Germanic
1 source section · 12 relationship mentionsmount
From Middle English mount, munt, from Old English munt, from Latin mōns (“a hill, mountain”), from a root seen also in ēmineō (“to project, to protrude”) (English eminent). Doublet of mons. Not related to mound.
2 source sections · 8 relationship mentionsmourn
From Middle English mornen, mournen, from Old English murnan, from Proto-Germanic *murnaną. Cognate with French morne (“gloomy”).
1 source section · 5 relationship mentionsmouse
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *múHs Proto-Germanic *mūs Proto-West Germanic *mūs Old English mūs Middle English mous English mouse Inherited from Middle English mous, from Old English mūs, from Proto-West Germanic *
2 source sections · 32 relationship mentionsmouso
From mouse + -o, by analogy with typo.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordmousy
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *múHs Proto-Germanic *mūs Proto-West Germanic *mūs Old English mūs Middle English mous English mouse Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -
2 source sections · 0 relationship mentionsmouth
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *men- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *mn̥-tó-s Proto-Germanic *munþaz Proto-West Germanic *munþ Old English mūþ Middle English mouth English mouth From Middle English mou
2 source sections · 46 relationship mentionsmouza
From Bengali মৌজা (mōuja) and Urdu موضع (mauze', mauza'). Doublet of moza.
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsmoval
Back-formation from removal.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmove
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti Proto-Italic *moweō Latin movēre Old Northern French moverbor. Middle English moven
2 source sections · 14 relationship mentionsmover
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti Proto-Italic *moweō Latin movēre Old Northern French moverbor. Middle English moven
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsmovie
From moving (picture) + -ie. Attested since at least 1912 (if not 1908), originally in American English.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordmow
From Middle English mowen (participle mowen), from Old English māwan (past tense mēow, past participle māwen), from Proto-West Germanic *māan, from Proto-Germanic *mēaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂meh₁- (“to mow, reap”
3 source sections · 25 relationship mentionsmower
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *megʰ-der. Proto-Indo-European *(me)mógʰeder. Proto-Germanic *maganą Proto-West Germanic *magan Old English magan Middle English mowen Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-os
1 source section · 1 relationship mentionmown
Morphologically mow + -n.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmox
Clipping of moxie.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmoxa
From Japanese 艾 (mogusa, “mugwort”). The u is not strongly pronounced in Japanese, leading to its disappearance and the devoicing of the plosive. First used by Hermann Buschoff, a Dutch minister in Batavia, who wrote the
1 source section · 1 relationship mentionmoxie
First recorded use in 1930. From the name of an American soft drink Moxie made since 1885 to which advertisement ascribed many beneficial properties directly but also indirectly by using the same name as a patent medicin
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsmoya
Said by Century to have originally been applied to mud formed by Pichincha near Quito and to derive from a South American language.
2 source sections · 0 relationship mentionsmoyai
See moai. The interjection is derived from the Unicode systematic name for the emoji, Moyai.
2 source sections · 1 relationship mention · brief recordmoyen
From Middle English moyen, moene, a variation of mene, meene, borrowed from Old French meien (French moyen), Late Latin mediānus (“that is in the middle, middle”), from Latin medius (“middle”). Doublet of mid and mean.
1 source section · 6 relationship mentionsmoza
From Urdu موضع (mauze', mauza'). Doublet of mouza.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsmozo
Borrowed from Spanish mozo.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmozz
Shortening.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmoé
As moe, with an acute accent added as a pronunciatory aid; compare saké.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmpox
Clipping of monkeypox coined in 2022, chosen in order to discourage racist and stigmatizing interpretations of that word. Coined by Montreal-based RÉZO, in consultation with other Canadian organizations, in parallel with
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsmpret
From Albanian mbret. Doublet of imperate.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordmrow
On the model of meow.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmrrp
Onomatopoeia.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordms
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmsasa
From Shona musasa.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordmsec
From Translingual m- (“milli-”) + English sec (“second”). First attested in 1935.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmsec.
From Translingual m- (“milli-”) + English sec. (“second”).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmspf
Initialism of milliseconds per frame.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmss.
Abbreviation of manuscripts.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmth
From m + -th (ordinal suffix).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmu
From Ancient Greek μῦ (mû), derived from Phoenician 𐤌𐤌 (mm /mem/, “water”). Doublet of mem.
3 source sections · 4 relationship mentionsmu xu
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 木須 /木须 (mùxū).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordmuang
Borrowed from Ahom 𑜉𑜢𑜤𑜂𑜫 (müṅ), Tai Nüa ᥛᥫᥒᥰ (möeng), Thai เมือง (mʉʉang), Northern Thai ᨾᩮᩬᩥᨦ, Lü ᦵᦙᦲᧂ (moeng), Tai Dam ꪹꪣꪉ, Tai Nüa ᥛᥫᥒᥰ (möeng),Shan မိူင်း (móeng), Lao ເມືອງ (mư̄ang) etc.
1 source section · 8 relationship mentionsmuawi
Etymology tree Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jábì Swahili mwavibor.? English muawi From Swahili mwavi or a cognate in some other Bantu language.
1 source section · 1 relationship mentionmubah
From Arabic مُبَاح (mubāḥ).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordmuban
From Thai หมู่บ้าน (mùu-bâan).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordmucal
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)mewk-der. Proto-Italic *moukos Latin mūcuslbor. English mucus Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālislbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle Engli
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsmuch
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s Proto-Indo-European *-lósder. Proto-Germanic *-ilaz Proto-Germanic *mikilaz Proto-West Germanic *mikil Old English miċel Middle English muchel Middle English muche English much
1 source section · 18 relationship mentionsmucho
From Spanish mucho. Unrelated to much.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordmuci
From Latin mūcī, plural of mūcus.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordmucid
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)mewk-der. Proto-Italic *moukos Latin mūcusdenom. Latin mūceō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin mūcidusbor. English mucid Borrowed from Latin muci
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsmucin
From muc- + -in.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmuck
From Middle English mok, muk, from Old Norse myki, mykr (“dung”) or less likely Old English *moc, *moce (in hlōsmoc (“pigsty dung”) and lustmoce (“lady's smock (Cardamine pratensis)”)) (compare Icelandic mykja and Danish
1 source section · 15 relationship mentionsmucky
Etymology tree Middle English muk English muck Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English mucky From muck + -y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsmuco-
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)mewk-der. Proto-Italic *moukos Latin mūcus New Latinder. English muco- From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting a New Latin combining form, from mucus; more at mucus § E
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsmucor
Borrowed from Latin mucor.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordmucro
Borrowed from Latin mucro. From 17th century.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordmucus
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)mewk-der. Proto-Italic *moukos Latin mūcuslbor. English mucus Learned borrowing from Latin mūcus. Partly displaced Old English slīm, whence modern slime.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsmud
From Middle English mud, mudde, mode, probably a borrowing from Middle Dutch mod, modde or Middle Low German mudde, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *mud-, *mudra- (“mud”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *mū-, *mew- (“mo
3 source sections · 21 relationship mentionsmuda
From Japanese 無駄 (muda).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordmudar
Borrowed from Hindi मदार (madār).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmuddy
The adjective is derived from Late Middle English muddi, moddy, muddy (“covered with or full of mud, muddy”), from mud, mudde (“mud; turbid water”) + -i (suffix forming adjectives). Mud, mudde is possibly borrowed from M
2 source sections · 8 relationship mentionsmudeo
Blend of mud + rodeo.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordmudge
Possibly a blend of mud + sludge. From mid-19th c.
2 source sections · 2 relationship mentionsmudik
Borrowed from Indonesian mudik.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordmudir
From Ottoman Turkish مدیر (müdir, “local administrator, governor”), from Arabic مُدِير (mudīr, “directing one, governor, boss”), from أَدَارَ (ʔadāra, “to direct”).
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsmudra
From Sanskrit मुद्रा (mudrā, “seal”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordmue
See mew.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmuff
Probably from Dutch mof (“muff, mitten”).
3 source sections · 1 relationship mentionmufti
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish مفتی (müfti), from Arabic مُفْتِي (muftī, “fatwa-deliverer”, literally “deliverer of formal opinion”).
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsmug
Early 16th century (originally Scots and northern English, denoting "earthenware, pot, jug"), of unknown origin, perhaps from North Germanic (compare Swedish mugg (“mug, jug”), Norwegian mugge (“pitcher, open can for war
3 source sections · 16 relationship mentionsmuga
Borrowed from Assamese মুগা (muga).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordmugga
From a Pama-Nyungan language.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmuggy
From dialectal English mug (“fog, mist; Scotch mist”) + -y, ultimately from Old Norse mugga (“drizzle, mist”); borrowed some time before 1390, when a derived verb, Middle English mugen (“of a fog: to drizzle”), is attest
1 source section · 1 relationship mentionmugil
From the genus name.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmugly
Blend of mug + ugly.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordmugup
From mug + up.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordmuh
Evidently popularized circa early 2010s by memes on 4chan, but usage online is first attested in c. 2003.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmuhly
Shortening of translingual Muhlenbergia + -y.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsmui
Borrowed from Cantonese 梅 (mui4).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordmuid
Borrowed from French muid, from Latin modius. Doublet of modius and mud.
1 source section · 4 relationship mentionsmujik
Borrowed from Russian мужи́к (mužík, “peasant”).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmuka
Borrowed from Māori.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmuke
Mandarin, perhaps 木客 (mùkè, “tree-lodger”).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmukim
Borrowed from Malay mukim, from Arabic مُقِيم (muqīm, “resident”).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsmukt
Borrowed from Hindi मुक्त (mukt).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordmukti
Borrowed from Sanskrit मुक्ति (mukti).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordmulai
From Arabic مُولَاي (mūlāy).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordmulch
Probably from Middle English melsche, molsh (“soft”), from Old English melsċ, milisċ (“mellow; mild; sweet”, literally “honeyed”), probably from Proto-Germanic *mili (“honey”). Compare Icelandic milska (“a honeyed bevera
1 source section · 4 relationship mentionsmulct
From Middle French mulcter (“to fine, punish”), from Latin mulcta (“penalty, fine”). Possibly a doublet of milk.
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsmule
Etymology tree substratebor.? Proto-Italic *musklos? Latin mūlus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Italic *-ā Latin -a Latin mūla Anglo-Norman mulebor. ▲ Latin mūlusbor. Proto-West Germanic *mūl Ol
3 source sections · 15 relationship mentionsmules
From the surname of the procedure's inventor, John Mules.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmulet
Borrowed from Middle French mulet.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmuley
Gaelic maolag, a hornless cow, from maol, bald, hornless, blunt.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmulga
From Gamilaraay malga.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordmull
Inherited from Middle English molle, mulle (“dust, rubbish”), possibly from Old English myl (“dust, mould”), from Proto-West Germanic *muli, a deverbal formation from *mulljan and thus cognate with Dutch mul (“dust, moul
4 source sections · 15 relationship mentionsmulm
Borrowed from German Mulm. Doublet of malm.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordmulo
Borrowed from Romani mulo (“dead (man)”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordmulse
Latin mulsum (vinum), from mulsus (“mixed with honey, honey-sweet”), past participle of mulcere (“sweeten, soften”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordmulti
Clipping of multistan.
4 source sections · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmum
Alternative form of mam, or an abbreviation of mummy. Compare mom, mama.
5 source sections · 3 relationship mentionsmumak
Introduced by J. R. R. Tolkien in the form mûmak.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmummy
From Middle English mummie, from Anglo-Norman mumie, from Middle French momie, from Medieval Latin mumia, from Arabic مُومِيَاء (mūmiyāʔ), from Persian مومیا (mumyâ), from موم (mum, “wax”). Doublet of mumijo.
2 source sections · 5 relationship mentionsmump
Perhaps borrowed through obsolete Dutch mompen (“to cheat, swindle, deceive”), according to Kroonen, a derivative of Proto-Germanic *mump- (“to stain”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *mm̥bʰ-neh₂- Also akin to German m
1 source section · 7 relationship mentionsmumps
Circa 1600, from mump (“grimace”, noun), compare mump (verb), most likely referring to the painful difficulty in swallowing.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsmumpy
From mumps + -y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmumsy
From mum + -sy. Attested from 1876.
2 source sections · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmumu
See muumuu.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmun
From Middle English mone (“shall, must”), from Old Norse munu (“shall, must”), from Proto-Germanic *munaną.
3 source sections · 6 relationship mentionsmunch
From Middle English monchen, a variant of mocchen, mucchen ("to munch (food); chew audibly"; > Modern English dialectal mouch), probably imitative in origin (compare English crunch; German mampfen).
1 source section · 1 relationship mentionmund
From Middle English and Old English mund, from Proto-Germanic *mundō (“hand, protection, security”).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsmundu
Borrowed from Malayalam മുണ്ട് (muṇṭŭ).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmune
Formed under the implication that the word immune was formed in modern English with the prefix im- and another word. The word immune was actually formed from a prefix in Latin immūnis (“exempt from public service”), from
1 source section · 1 relationship mentionmung
From Hindi मूँग (mūṅg), from Sanskrit मुद्ग (mudga).
2 source sections · 2 relationship mentionsmunga
Shortening of mungaree.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmunge
Variant of mung; likely a misconstructed back-formation from munging, munged or munger.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmuni
Clipping of municipal.
3 source sections · 1 relationship mention · brief recordmunia
Borrowed from Hindi मुनिया (muniyā).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmunt
Etymology tree Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-nintuder.? Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀ntʊ̀ Northern Ndebele úmúntuder.? English munt Probably derived from Northern Ndebele umuntu, with stress on the first syllable, which is uncommon for Ngun
3 source sections · 4 relationship mentionsmuon
Contraction of the earlier term mu-meson; the particle has now been recategorised as a lepton. Coined by Italian physicist Enrico Fermi in 1951 in his book Elementary Particles.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsmuqam
Borrowed from Uyghur مۇقام (muqam). Doublet of maqam.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsmura
From Japanese 斑 (mura, literally “blemish, fluctuation”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordmural
Borrowed from French mural, from Latin muralis, from murus (“wall”).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsmure
Inherited from Middle English muren, from Middle French murer, from Old French murer (“to close by a wall”), from Late Latin mūrō, mūrāre, from Latin mūrus (“wall”). Related to German Mauer (“wall”).
1 source section · 5 relationship mentionsmurex
Borrowed from Latin murex.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmurga
From Hindi मुर्ग़ा (murġā, “rooster”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordmurgh
From Classical Persian مرغ (murġ).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmurha
Borrowed from Assamese মুঢ়া (murha).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmuri
Borrowed from Japanese 無理.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmurid
An appellativization from Murid(ae) minus -ae (a pattern that recurs with many -idae names); by surface analysis, ending in suffix -id.
2 source sections · 2 relationship mentionsmurim
Korean 무림(武林) (murim, “moorim”)
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordmurk
From Middle English merke, mirke, from Old English mirce, myrce (“dark, gloomy, evil”) and Old Norse myrkr (“dark, murky”), both from Proto-Germanic *merkuz (“dark”), from Proto-Indo-European *mergʷ- (“to flicker; to dar
4 source sections · 22 relationship mentionsmurky
From Middle English mirky. Related to Old Norse myrkr, Russian мрак (mrak) and its Slavic cognates. By surface analysis, murk + -y.
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsmuron
Borrowed from Ancient Greek μῠ́ρον (mŭ́ron).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmurr
Uncertain. Perhaps imitative.
2 source sections · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmurre
Unknown, possibly imitative of the birds' call.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmurri
Etymology tree Latin muriabor. Classical Syriac ܡܘܼܪܝܵܐ (mūryā)bor. Arabic مُرِّيّ (murriyy)bor. English murri Borrowed from Arabic مُرِّيّ (murriyy), borrowed from Classical Syriac ܡܘܼܪܝܵܐ (mūryā, “brine”), borrowed fro
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsmurry
Borrowed from Dharug mari, maray (“great, very”). First attested in 1818.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordmurse
Blend of man + purse.
2 source sections · 4 relationship mentions · brief recordmurth
From Middle English murth, morth, from Old English morþ (“death, destruction, homicide, murder; deadly sin”), from Proto-West Germanic *morþ, from Proto-Germanic *murþą (“death, murder”), from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥tós
2 source sections · 40 relationship mentionsmurti
From Sanskrit मूर्ति (mūrti).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordmuru
Borrowed from Māori.
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