Source etymology 1 · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗A mental or emotional state, composure. · Emotional character (of a work of music, literature, or other art). · A sullen, gloomy or angry mental state; a bad mood. · A disposition to do something, a state of mind receptive or disposed to do something.
From Middle English mood, mode, mod, from Old English mōd (“mind,” in poetry also “heart, spirit, courage”), from Proto-West Germanic *mōd, from Proto-Germanic *mōdaz (“sense, courage, zeal, anger”), from Proto-Indo-European *moh₁-, *meh₁- (“endeavour, will, temper”). Cognates Cognate with Saterland Frisian Moud (“courage”), West Frisian moed (“courage; mind; spirit; will; intention”), Dutch moed (“bravery, courage; mood”), German Mut (“bravery, courage; mood”), German Low German Mood (“boldness, bravery, courage”), Luxembourgish Mutt (“courage”), Yiddish מוט (mut, “bravery, courage”), Danish and Swedish mod (“courage”), Faroese and Icelandic móður (“anger, wrath; fierce mood”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk mot (“courage”), Gothic 𐌼𐍉𐌸𐍃 (mōþs, “mood; anger”), Vandalic *muths (“mind”); also Latin mōs (“behavior, conduct, manner; inclination, temperament; humour, will”), Bulgarian сме́я (sméja, “to dare”), Czech smět (“to be allowed; may”), Macedonian сме́е (smée, “to be allowed”), Polish śmieć (“dare”), Russian сметь (smetʹ, “to dare”), Serbo-Croatian сме̏ти, смје̏ти, smȅti, smjȅti (“to dare, venture”), Slovak smieť (“to be allowed; may”), Slovene smeti (“to be allowed; may”) Ukrainian смі́ти (smíty, “to dare”).
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- Inherited-form mentionmoodenm
- Inherited-form mentionmōdang
- Inherited-form mention*mōdgmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*mōdazgem-pro · sense, courage, zeal, anger
- Derivation mention*moh₁-ine-pro
- Cognate mentionMoudstq · courage
- Cognate mentionmoedfy · courage; mind; spirit; will; intention
- Cognate mentionmoednl · bravery, courage; mood
- Cognate mentionMutde · bravery, courage; mood
- Cognate mentionMuttlb · courage
- Cognate mentionמוטyi · bravery, courage
- Cognate mention𐌼𐍉𐌸𐍃got · mood; anger
- Cognate mention*muthsxvn · mind
- Cognate mentionmōsla · behavior, conduct, manner; inclination, temperament; humour, will
- Cognate mentionсме́яbg · to dare
- Cognate mentionsmětcs · to be allowed; may
- Cognate mentionсме́еmk · to be allowed
- Cognate mentionśmiećpl · dare
- Cognate mentionсметьru · to dare
- Cognate mentionсме̏тиsh
- Cognate mentionsmieťsk · to be allowed; may
- Cognate mentionsmetisl · to be allowed; may
- Cognate mentionсмі́тиuk · to dare
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"A mental or emotional state, composure.",
"Emotional character (of a work of music, literature, or other art).",
"A sullen, gloomy or angry mental state; a bad mood.",
"A disposition to do something, a state of mind receptive or disposed to do something."
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