Etymograph

English

immutation

Immutation comes from Latin immutatio ‘change, alteration’, and goes back to mūtō.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmūtō1
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEimmutō2as immutare‘to change’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEimmutatio2‘change, alteration’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1660immutation2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin immuto
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English immutation
  3. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1660, Henry More, An Explanation of the Grand Mystery of Godliness; […]: “But there is yet another interpretation, which we will…”.

Earlier history not traced here. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmūtōWiktionary, Latin immuto
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEimmutōWiktionary, English immutationas immutare‘to change’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEimmutatioWiktionary, English immutation‘change, alteration’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1660immutationWiktionary, English immutation. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1660, Henry More, An Explanation of the Grand Mystery of Godliness; […]: “But there is yet another interpretation, which we will…”

Linked words

through Latin mūtō

mute, mutant, molt, moult, mutate, mutable, transmutation, commutative, commutation, 12 more

Today it means

noun change (alteration, mutation, modification)

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “immutation”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin immuto. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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