English
mouth
Mouth comes from Old English mūþ ‘mouth; opening’, from Proto-Germanic *munþaz ‘mouth’.
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*munþaz‘mouth’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*munþ‘mouth’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150mūþ‘mouth; opening’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500mouth
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1595–1596mouth
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*munþaz‘mouth’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*munþ‘mouth’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150mūþ‘mouth; opening’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500mouth
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1595–1596mouth
Earliest quotation: c. 1595–1596, William Shakespeare, A Midsommer Nights Dreame: “Counterfeit sad looks, / Make mouths upon me when…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *men- ‘to think, mind’
music, mind, money, comment, mental, remain, mention, museum, amount, permanent, min, mountain, monster, auto, monitor, mentor, mint, demonstration, monetary, maya, mount, dementia, monument, imminent, amnesty, muse, monk, eminent, menace, ming, prominence, mas, mandarin, mantra, monastery, mania, muster, monte, amnesia, manic, 126 more
through Proto-Germanic *munþaz
Today it means
noun The front opening of a creature through which food is ingested.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *munþaz / mouth