Where does mouthsore come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

mouthsore

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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A sore in or of the mouth.

"OVA (Sclerocarya birrea) The bark is pounded and added to lukewarm water which is taken as a remedy for mouthsore."
"Then there was Betty who was constantly in a fit when she invariably became speechless. Not to mention, Sally's mouthsore and the severe dog-bites suffered by Maria."

From Middle English *mouthsor, *muthsar, from Old English mūþsār (“mouthsore”), equivalent to mouth + sore.

mouthsores (plural) mouth sore (alternative)

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