mould
Meanings
Noun
- Alternate spelling of mold
- Alternate spelling of mold
- Alternate spelling of mold
- Alternate spelling of mold
Verb
Origin
- Via Middle English molde and Old French modle, from Latin modulus.
- From Middle English mowlde, noun use and alteration of mowled, past participle of moulen, mawlen, from Old Norse mygla (compare dialectal Danish mugle), from Proto-Germanic *muglōną, diminutive and denominative of *mukiz (compare Old Norse myki, mykr), from Proto-Indo-European *mewk- ("slick, soft"). More at muck and meek.
- From Old English molde. Cognate with Old High German molta, Old Norse mold and Gothic 𐌼𐌿𐌻𐌳𐌰.
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