Etymograph

English

muid

Muid comes from French muid ‘hogshead’, from Latin modius ‘modius, a unit of dry measure of about a peck…’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *med-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*med-1‘to measure’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*mod-ós1‘measure’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*modos1reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmodus2‘a measure’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmodius3‘modius, a unit of dry measure of about a peck or 9 litres’
  6. Frenchc. 1600–presentmuid3‘hogshead’
  7. Englishtodaymuid3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin modus
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Latin modius
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English muid

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*med-Wiktionary, Latin modus‘to measure’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*mod-ósWiktionary, Latin modus‘measure’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*modosWiktionary, Latin modusreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmodusWiktionary, Latin modius‘a measure’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmodiusWiktionary, English muid‘modius, a unit of dry measure of about a peck or 9 litres’
  6. Frenchc. 1600–presentmuidWiktionary, English muid‘hogshead’
  7. EnglishtodaymuidWiktionary, English muid

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *med- ‘to measure’

must, medical, medicine, moderate, medication, modest, meditation, med, remedy, medicinal, blackmail, medic, moderator, meditate, molding, modulate, mote, mete, commode, moulder, 21 more

through Proto-Italic *modos

modernize, modality, 9 more

through Latin modus ‘a measure’

model, modern, mode, mood, module, commodity, modification, mold, mould, modulation, modal, modus, modulus, modicum, modulo, modifiable, 16 more

through Latin modius ‘modius, a unit of dry measure of about a peck…’

mud, 7 more

Today it means

noun An old French liquid measure of approximately 274.2 litres.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “muid”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin modus, Latin modius. 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 *med- / muid

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