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It was then used to mean 'a sudden state of activity (or inactivity) or state of mind', as in this early example, taken from William Warner's Albion's England, 1586: His seruants fear his solemn fittes.. The phrase 'fits and starts' is somewhat tautological, as both allude to sporadic activity.
The phrase mutatis mutandis ânow sometimes written mÅ«tÄtÄ«s mÅ«tandÄ«s to show vowel length âdoes not appear in surviving classical literature. It is Medieval Latin, first attested in British sources in the year 1272.Both words are participles of the Latin verb mutare (to move; to change; to exchange).utatis mutandis was first borrowed into English in the 16th century, but continues to be italicized as a foreign phrase. Although many similar adverbial phrases are treated as part of the sentence, mutatis mutandis is usually set apart by commas or in some other fashion.