Etymology of the English word mutation
the English word
mutationderived from the Old French word
mutacionderived from the Latin word
mutatio (change, alteration; interchange)
derived from the Latin word
mutare (move, change, shift)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*mei-Derivations in English
mutagen,
mutagenesis,
muton,
macromutation,
mutagenicUsage
Word found in Modern English
