Etymograph

English

muller

From mull (“to heat and spice, etc.”, verb) + -er (suffix forming agent nouns).

Formed from mull ‘to heat and spice, etc.’ + -er

Middle English molle ‘dust, rubbish’

English mull

Another origin of muller

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500molouruncertain
  2. Englishtodaymuller

The verb is derived from the noun.

Another origin of muller

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*mer-‘to die’root as named
  2. Englishtodaymuller

Probably from Angloromani mul-, the preterite stem of mer- (‘to die’) (compare mullered, mullo (“dead”, adjective); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mer- (‘to die; to disappear’)) + English -er (suffix forming frequentative verbs).

Today it means

noun A person who mulls wine or other alcoholic beverages.

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