Mumble
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Middle English: frequentative of mum2.
wiktionary
From Middle English momelen, a frequentative of mum (sense 3)(“silent”). [1] Compare German mümmeln, Middle Dutch mommelen and Dutch mompelen.
etymonline
mumble (v.)
early 14c., momelen, "to eat in a slow, ineffective manner" (perhaps "to talk with one's mouth full"), probably frequentative of the interjection mum. The -b- is from 15c., unetymological. Meaning "to speak indistinctly in low tones" is from mid-14c. Transitive sense of "to utter in a low, inarticulate voice" is from mid-15c. Related: Mumbled; mumbler; mumbling.
mumble (n.)
"a low, indistinct utterance," 1902, from mumble (v.).
