Etymology

Mulhouse

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Today it means: A city in Haut-Rhin department, Alsace, Grand Est, France. Full definition →

French Milhouse ← Alemannic German Milhüsa ← Middle High German Mülnhūsen
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  1. Old High German · derived fromMulinhūson
  2. Middle High German · derived fromMülnhūsen
  3. Alemannic German · derived fromMilhüsa
  4. French · borrowed fromMilhouse
  5. English todayMulhouse

Borrowed from French Milhouse, from Alemannic German Milhüsa or its source Middle High German Mülnhūsen, from Old High German Mulinhūson; compare German Mülhausen (literally “mill house”). Doublet of millhouse.

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