Mutable
/ˈmjuː.tə.bəl/noun
Capable of changing or being changed.
Did you know?The word descends from Latin mutare, “to change,” a root that also shaped the language of mutation and transformation in science and philosophy.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*mey-
“To change, exchange, or move from one state to another”
Classical Latin
Latin
mūtāre
“To change, alter, or transform”
Classical Latin
Latin
mūtābilis
“Changeable or capable of being altered”
Medieval Latin
Latin
mutabilis
“Subject to change; not fixed”
15th Century
English
mutable
“Changeable or variable”
Modern English
English
mutable
“Capable of changing or being changed”