Etymology

mutter

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Today it means: A repressed or obscure utterance; an instance of muttering. Full definition →

Middle English muteren
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mutter · noun, verb1

  1. Middle English · inherited frommuteren
  2. English todaymutter

From Middle English muteren, moteren, of imitative origin. Compare Low German mustern, musseln (“to whisper”), German muttern (“to mutter; whisper”), Old Norse muðla (“to murmur”). Compare also Latin muttīre, mutīre.

mutter · noun2

  1. Hindi · borrowed fromमटर
  2. Hindi · borrowed fromमटर
  3. English todaymutter

Borrowed from Hindi मटर (maṭar).

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