Etymograph

English

muta-

Muta- comes from Latin mūtātiō ‘change, alteration’, and goes back to mūtō.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmūtō1
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmūtātiō2‘change, alteration’
  3. Englishtodaymuta-2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin mutatio
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English muta-

Earlier history not traced here. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmūtōWiktionary, Latin mutatio
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmūtātiōWiktionary, English muta-‘change, alteration’
  3. Englishtodaymuta-Wiktionary, English muta-

Linked words

through Latin mūtō

commute, mutation, mute, mutant, molt, immutable, moult, commutative, mutate, mutable, 12 more

Today it means

prefix Relating to mutation.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “muta-”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin mutatio. 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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