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I know that “trans” means change and “mute” means no sound, but when these two comes together, we get “transmute”, which means altering in form! it seems that the “mute” part is suppressed?
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Nov 18, 2021 2:19 AM
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I think "mute", in this case, is from "mutation"!!
November 18, 2021
The "mute" comes from the Latin verb meaning "to change."
November 18, 2021
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