WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
-mut-, root.
- -mut- comes from Latin, where it has the meaning "change.'' This meaning is found in such words as: commutation, commute, immutable, mutable, mutate, mutation, mutual, permutation, permute, transmute.
'-mut-' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Lamut
- akinetic mutism
- deaf-mute
- em
- gemütlich
- leg-of-mutton
- mood
- mut
- mut dash
- muted
- mutein
- mutt
- mutter
- mutton
- mutton bird
- mutton corn
- mutton snapper
- muttonchops
- muttonhead
- mutual