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English word origin

Etymology of mould

Via Middle English molde, moulde (“mould, cast”) and Old French modle, from Latin modulus.

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗
noun

Commonwealth standard spelling of mold.

verb

Commonwealth standard spelling of mold.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Via Middle English molde, moulde (“mould, cast”) and Old French modle, from Latin modulus.

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  • Inherited-form mentionmoldeenm · mould, cast
  • Derivation mentionmodlefro
  • Derivation mentionmodulusla
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Source etymology 2

Original entry ↗
verb

Commonwealth spelling of mold (“to cause to become mouldy”).

noun

Commonwealth spelling of mold (“growth of tiny fungi”).

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From Middle English mowlde, noun use and alteration of mowled, past participle of moulen, mawlen (“to grow mouldy”), from Old Norse mygla (compare dialectal Danish mugle), from Proto-Germanic *muglōną, diminutive and denominative of *mukiz (“soft substance”) (compare Old Norse myki, mykr (“cow dung”)), from Proto-Indo-European *mewk- (“slick, soft”). More at muck and meek.

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Source etymology 3

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noun

Commonwealth spelling of mold (“loose soil”).

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From Old English molde. Cognate with Old High German molta, Old Norse mold and Gothic 𐌼𐌿𐌻𐌳𐌰 (mulda).

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