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.