Etymology

mutual

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Today it means: Having the same relationship, each to each other. Full definition →

Middle French mutuel ← Latin mūtuus
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The story

  1. Latin · derived frommūtuus
  2. Middle French · borrowed frommutuel
  3. English todaymutual

Borrowed from Middle French mutuel, from Latin mūtuus. Displaced native Old English ġemǣne.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.