Etymology

mouton

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Today it means: A 14th-century French gold coin, weighing about 70 grains. Full definition →

French mouton
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The story

  1. French · borrowed frommouton“sheep”
  2. English todaymouton

Borrowed from French mouton (“sheep”). Doublet of mutton.

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