Etymology

mutable

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Today it means: Changeable, dynamic, evolutive; inclined to change, evolve, mutate. Full definition →

Middle English mutable ← Old French mutable ← Latin mutabilis
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The story

  1. Latin · derived frommutabilis“liable to change”
  2. Old French · derived frommutable
  3. Middle English · inherited frommutable
  4. English todaymutable

From Middle English mutable, from Old French mutable, from Latin mutabilis (“liable to change”). By surface analysis, muta- + -able.

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