mutacioun

Middle English

Alternative forms

mutacion, mutacyoun, mwtacyoun

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French mutacion and its source Latin mūtātiō, mūtātiōnem.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /miu̯ˌtaːsiˈuːn/, /miu̯ˈtaːsjun/

Noun

mutacioun (plural mutaciouns) (chiefly Late Middle English)

alteration, change, modification

Descendants

English: mutation

References

“mūtāciǒun̄, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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