English
immute
Immute comes from Latin immutare, from mutō ‘to change’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- ‘to exchange’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*meyth₂-‘to exchange’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmutōas mutare‘to change’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEimmutare
- Englishearliest quotation 1613immute
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*meyth₂-‘to exchange’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmutōas mutare‘to change’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEimmutare
- Englishearliest quotation 1613immute
Earliest quotation: 1613, John Salkeld: “God can immediately immute, change, corrupt, destroy, or annihilate…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- ‘to exchange’
miss, message, mad, mess, commit, premise, madden, intermittent, omit, misnomer, transmutation, commutation, 18 more
through Latin mutō ‘to change’
mutation, mutant, commute, molt, moult, commutative, mutable, mutate, transmute, 12 more
Today it means
verb To change or alter.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- / immute