mosette

1. Italian-etta
2. Late Latinalmucia“hood or cape with a hood worn by clergy”
3. Proto-Indo-European*mewt-“cut short”
4. Latinmutilus“mutilated”
5. Vulgar Latin*mutius
6. Italianmozzo“cut off; shortened”
7. Italianmozzetta
8. Frenchmosette
9. Englishmosette

Borrowed from French mosette, from Italian mozzetta; further etymology uncertain, possibly either: * from Italian mozzo (“cut off; shortened”, adjective) (from Vulgar Latin *mutius, from Latin mutilus (“mutilated”); further etymology uncertain, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *mewt- (“cut short”)); or * from Late Latin almucia (“hood or cape with a hood worn by clergy”) (further etymology unknown) + Italian -etta (feminine form of -etto (diminutive suffix)). Doublet of mozetta.

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