English
intermoult
Intermoult comes from Latin mūtō ‘to move, remove’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*meyth₂-1‘to remove, send’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmūtō1‘to move, remove’
- Old Englishc. 450–1150*mutian1reconstructed
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500mouten1
- English1500–presentmoult1
- Englishtodayintermoult1
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, English intermoult
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*meyth₂-Wiktionary, English intermoult‘to remove, send’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmūtōWiktionary, English intermoult‘to move, remove’
- Old Englishc. 450–1150*mutianWiktionary, English intermoultreconstructed
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500moutenWiktionary, English intermoult
- English1500–presentmoultWiktionary, English intermoult
- EnglishtodayintermoultWiktionary, English intermoult
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’
Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’
Proto-Italic *n̥ter ‘between’
Latin inter ‘between’
English inter-
Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- ‘to change’
Latin mūtō ‘to (re)move, change, vary, mutate, exchange,…’
Old English *mutian ‘to exchange for’
Middle English mouten
English moult
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- ‘to remove, send’
miss, message, mad, mess, commit, premise, madden, omit, intermittent, misnomer, transmutation, commutation, transmute, 18 more
through Latin mūtō ‘to move, remove’
mutation, mutant, mute, immutable, commutative, mutate, mutable, 13 more
through English moult
Today it means
adj —
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “intermoult”. 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.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- / intermoult