Where does “moot” come from?
Moot comes from Old English mot, from Proto-Germanic mōtaną, from Proto-Indo-European med-, ultimately tracing to Proto-Indo-European roots related to mel- and mey-.
moot (English): Subject to discussion ; arguable, debatable,...
Definitions
- Subject to discussion ; arguable, debatable,...
Ancestry of “moot”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | mutual | Having the same relationship, each to each other;... |
| 2 | Middle French | mutuel | mutual |
| 3 | Latin | mūtuus | — |
| 4 | Latin | muto | I move, remove; I alter, change, modify,... |
| 5 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 6 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
Words derived from “moot”