Etymology

mutism

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Today it means: The inability to speak, be it from psychological or physical cause. Full definition →

French mutisme ← Latin mutus
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The story

  1. Latin · derived frommutus“mute”
  2. French · derived frommutisme
  3. English todaymutism

From French mutisme, from Latin mutus (“mute”), equivalent to mute + -ism.

Words from the same roots

Latinmutus all →

mute

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.