mull

mull · verb, noun¹

1. Latin · derived from*molliāre“to steep”
2. Old French · derived frommoillier
3. Middle English · inherited frommollen“to soften, dissolve”
4. Latin · derived frommollis“soft”
5. Middle French · derived frommol
6. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*muli
7. Old English · inherited frommyl“dust, mould”
8. Middle English · inherited frommolle
9. English todaymull

Inherited from Middle English molle, mulle (“dust, rubbish”), possibly from Old English myl (“dust, mould”), from Proto-West Germanic *muli, a deverbal formation from *mulljan and thus cognate with Dutch mul (“dust, mould”), German Müll (“rubbish”), Swedish moln (“cloud”) and related to English mill (“to grind”). Alternatively, from Middle French mol or its etymon Latin mollis (“soft”). Some verbal senses are supplied by Middle English mollen (“to soften, dissolve”), from Old French moillier, from Latin *molliāre (“to steep”), itself from mollis; compare moil.

mull · noun²

Shortened from mulmul.

mull · noun³

1. Scottish Gaelic · borrowed frommaol
2. English todaymull

From Scottish Gaelic maol.

mull · noun⁴

1. Old Norse · derived frommold
2. Danish · borrowed frommuld
3. English todaymull

Borrowed from Danish muld, from Old Norse mold.

Mull · proper noun⁵

From the noun mull (“crag, promontory”). Known in Old Norse as Myl.

Mull · noun⁶

From mulligatawny.

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