Given name & surname · also Middle English

Mule

Mule is a surname from Middle English, ultimately from French.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Mule comes from Middle English, and ultimately from French.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Middle English mule, from Italian Mulè, from French Mule.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Mule’s family of names

In English usage, Mule as a surname was borrowed from the Italian form Mulè.

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The ring: across languages.

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Across languages 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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Sibling ideas

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