muet etymology

French word muet comes from Middle French -et (Used to form a diminutive, masculine noun.), Latin mutus ((New Latin) Used as a species epithet.. Mute, dumb, silent.), Middle French mu

Detailed word origin of muet

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
-et Middle French (frm) Used to form a diminutive, masculine noun.
mutus Latin (lat) (New Latin) Used as a species epithet.. Mute, dumb, silent.
mu Middle French (frm)
mui Old French (fro)
muet Middle French (frm)
muet French (fra) Dumb (unable to talk). Silent, mute, unspeaking. Silent, unvoiced, unspoken.

Words with the same origin as muet

Descendants of -et
beignet boulet brevet cabriolet cachet chapelet coquette cornet couplet crochet croquet filet foret frisquet gigoter livret minet mollet navet papoter parquet pistolet poignet sachet
Descendants of mutus
h muet muettement mutisme