"mule" meaning in Old French

See mule in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: mule oblique singular or [canonical, feminine], mules [oblique, plural], mule [nominative, singular], mules [nominative, plural], muile [alternative], mulle [alternative]
Etymology: Etymology tree substratebor.? Proto-Italic *musklos? Latin mūlus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Italic *-ā Latin -a Latin mūla Old French mule Inherited from Latin mūla. Etymology templates: {{ety|fro|:inh|la:mūla<id:mule>|text=*|tree=1}} Etymology tree substratebor.? Proto-Italic *musklos? Latin mūlus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Italic *-ā Latin -a Latin mūla Old French mule [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "is_uncertain" : true, "lang_name" : "substrate", "status" : "ok", "children" : [ ], "lang" : "qfa-sub" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*musklos", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "is_uncertain" : true, "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "mūlus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }, { "id" : "feminine", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "nominal", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "collective nouns", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "collective nouns", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-h₂", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-eh₂", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-ā", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-a", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "mūla", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "mule", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fro" }" data-lang="fro" data-title="mule"> Inherited from Latin mūla. Head templates: {{fro-noun|f}} mule oblique singular, f (oblique plural mules, nominative singular mule, nominative plural mules)
  1. she-mule
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Download raw JSONL data for mule meaning in Old French (4.1kB)

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