mutton
English
/ˈmʌtn̩/
noun
Definitions
- The flesh of sheep used as food.
- The flesh of goat used as food.
- (archaic) A sheep.
- (typography) Em, a unit of measurement equal to the height of the type in use.
- (obsolete) A prostitute.
- (historical) An old Anglo-French gold coin impressed with the image of a lamb.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English motoun derived from Old French mouton (sheep) derived from Latin moltō derived from Gaulish *multon- (sheep) derived from Proto-Celtic *moltos (sheep, wether, ram).
Origin
Proto-Celtic
*moltos
Gloss
sheep, wether, ram
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
羊
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- chop English
- dash English
- fish English
- grass English
- head English
- headed English
- monger English
- mutton dash English
- mutton-thumper English
- muttonchop English
- muttonfish English
- muttongrass English
- muttonhead English
- muttonheaded English
- muttoniness English
- muttonmonger English
- muttony English
- thumper English
- molto Latin
- moltō Latin
- mouton French
- マトン Japanese
- motoun Middle English
- mouton Old French
- motóa Galician
- mollt Welsh
- mutono Ido
- molt Old Irish
- mouton Norman
- *moltos Proto-Celtic
- muntuni Sicilian
- maout Breton
- mols Cornish
- *multon- Gaulish