Etymology of the English word mutate
the English word
mutatederived from the Latin word
mutatusderived from the Latin word
mutare (move, change, shift)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*mei-Date
The earliest known usage of mutate in English dates from the 19th century.
Cognates
Dutch
muteren, German
mutieren, Swedish
muteraUsage
Word found in Modern English
