Etymology

mouthfeel

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Today it means: The texture of food, drink, etc. as perceived by the mouth. Full definition →

English feel ← Middle English felen ← Old English fēlan
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*men-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*mn̥-tó-s
  3. Proto-Germanic*munþaz
  4. Proto-West Germanic*munþ
  5. Old Englishmūþ
  6. Middle Englishmouth
  7. Englishmouth
  8. Proto-West Germanic*fōlijan
  9. Old Englishfēlan
  10. Middle Englishfelen
  11. Englishfeel
  12. English todaymouthfeel

From mouth + feel.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.