must

Meanings

Verb

• To do with certainty; .
• To do as a requirement; .
• To make musty.
• To become musty.

Noun

• Something that is mandatory or required.
• The property of being stale or musty.
• Something that exhibits the property of being stale or musty.
• Fruit juice that will ferment or has fermented, usually from grapes.
• Alternative of musth

Origin

• , from Old English mōste ("had to"), 1st & 3rd person singular past tense of mōtan. From Proto-Germanic *mōtaną. Cognate with Dutch moest ("had to"), German musste ("had to"), Swedish måste ("must, have to, be obliged to"). More at mote.
• From Middle English must, from Old English must and Old French must, most, both from Latin mustum.
• From Persian مست ("drunk, inebriated"), from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭮𐭲.