must
English
/ˈmʌst/, /məs(t)/
verb
Definitions
- (modal) To do with certainty; .
- (modal) To do as a requirement; .
- (modal) said about something that is very likely, probable, or certain to be true
Etymology
Derived from Middle English moste, moten (have to, discuss, talk, speak, converse) derived from Old English mōste (had to) inherited from Proto-Germanic *mōtaną (have to, be able to, be delegated, be allowed to).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*mōtaną
Gloss
have to, be able to, be delegated, be allowed to
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- buy English
- learn English
- must-buy English
- must-learn English
- must-read English
- must-see English
- mustest English
- mustied English
- mustily English
- mustimeter English
- mustiness English
- mustn't English
- mustn't've English
- musty English
- read English
- see English
- müssen German
- must Dutch, Flemish
- must French
- мастдай Russian
- *mōtaną Proto-Germanic
- måste Swedish
- motan Old English
- mōste Old English
- mōtan Old English
- moste Middle English
- moten Middle English
- muozan Old High German
- 𐌲𐌰𐌼𐍉𐍄𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- muotan Old Dutch
- moste Middle Low German
- motan Old Saxon
- mōtan Old Saxon
- müese Alemannic German
- mōta Old Frisian
- mus Sranan Tongo
- musu Sranan Tongo