morfound

The story

1. Middle English · inherited frommorfounden
2. Middle English · inherited frommareffownd
3. Latin · derived fromfundere
4. Vulgar Latin · derived from*murrum“muzzle, snout”
5. Middle French · derived fromfondre“to melt”
6. Franco-Provençal · derived frommor
7. Middle French · derived frommorfondre“to chill, to cool”
8. Middle English · inherited frommorfounden
9. English todaymorfound

From Middle English morfounden, morefounden (“to take cold”), from Middle French morfondre (“to chill, to cool”), from Franco-Provençal mor, more (“snout”) + Middle French fondre (“to melt”), where the first part comes from Vulgar Latin *murrum (“muzzle, snout”), and the second from Latin fundere. Cognate with French morfondre. The noun is inherited from Middle English mareffownd, mareffownde, likely from the Middle English morfounden, morefounden (“to take cold”).

Words from the same roots

First known use, by meaning

• 15th-16th c. To affect (an animal or person) with catarrh or coldlike illness.
• 15th-17th c. Catarrh or coldlike illness.