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Mutual

4 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means shared or experienced equally by two or more parties
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Stage 1 of 4
mutare
Latin · ancient
"to change, to exchange"
to change, to exchange
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Stage 2 of 4
mutuus
Latin · ancient
"reciprocal, borrowed"
reciprocal, borrowed, from mutare
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Stage 3 of 4
mutuel
Old French · medieval
"something shared equally between two parties"
carried into French for something shared equally between two parties
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Stage 4 of 4
mutual
English · 1400s
"felt or done equally by two or more parties"
settled as the English word for something felt or done equally by two parties
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