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)

1. alteration, change, modification

Descendants

• English: mutation

References

• “mūtāciǒun̄, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.