mutter的词源

英文词源

mutter (v.)

early 14c., moteren "to mumble," from a common PIE imitative *mut- "to grunt, mutter" (cognates: Old Norse muðla "to murmur," Latin muttire "to mutter," Old High German mutilon "to murmur, mutter; to drizzle"), with frequentative suffix -er. Related: Muttered; muttering.

mutter (n.)

1630s, from mutter (v.).

中文词源

mutter：嘟哝，嘀咕

拟声词，模仿嘀咕的声音，-er,表反复。

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