Etymograph

English

muleta

Muleta comes from Spanish mula ‘mule’.

  1. Spanishc. 1500–presentmula‘mule’
  2. Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentmuletadiminutive of mula
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1926same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Spanishc. 1500–presentmula‘mule’
  2. Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentmuletadiminutive of mula
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1926same form

Earliest quotation: 1926, Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises: “Out in the center of the ring Romero profiled…”

Linked words

through Latin mūlus ‘a mule (pack animal)’

mulatto, 2 more

Today it means

noun A red flag used by bullfighters.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Spanish mula / muleta

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