Etymology

mussitate

mus·sit·ate
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Today it means: To say (words, etc.) indistinctly; to mutter. Full definition →

First used early 17th c.Proto-Indo-European *mur-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*mur-“to murmur”
  2. English todaymussitate

From Latin mussitō (“to keep quiet; to murmur, mutter”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix), from mussō (“to be silent and respectful; to say in a soft voice, murmur”) (perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *mur- (“to murmur”), originally imitative) + -itō (frequentative suffix).

First known use, by meaning

  • from early 17th c. To talk indistinctly; to mutter.

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