English
permute
Permute comes from Latin permūtō ‘to change or alter throughout or completely,…’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*meyth₂-‘to change’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmūtō‘to change, alter’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpermūtōas permūtāre‘to change or alter throughout or completely, transform’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400permuter
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500permuten
- Englishtodaypermute
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*meyth₂-‘to change’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmūtō‘to change, alter’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpermūtōas permūtāre‘to change or alter throughout or completely, transform’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400permuter
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500permuten
- Englishtodaypermute
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- ‘to change’
miss, message, mad, mess, commit, premise, madden, omit, intermittent, misnomer, transmutation, commutation, 18 more
through Latin mūtō ‘to change, alter’
mutation, mutant, commute, immutable, molt, moult, commutative, mutable, mutate, transmute, 11 more
Today it means
verb To change the order of.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- / permute