Where does “mooting” come from?
mooting (English) comes from Middle English motinge, from Old English mōtung, from Old English mōtian, from Old English -ian, from Old English -ōjan, from Proto-West Germanic -ōn, from Proto-Germanic -ōną, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti — he, she.
mooting (English): The activity of taking part in a moot court;...
Definitions
- The activity of taking part in a moot court;...
Ancestry of “mooting”, step by step
mooting traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English motinge
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | motinge | — |
| 2 | Old English | mōtung | conversation |
| 3 | Old English | mōtian | to speak, converse, discuss |
| 4 | Old English | -ian | Forms verbs from nouns and adjectives |
| 5 | Old English | -ōjan | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -ōn | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -ōną | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via English moot
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | moot | Subject to discussion (originally at a moot); arguable, debatable, unsolved or impossible to solve |
| 2 | English | mutual | Having the same relationship, each to each other;... |
| 3 | Middle French | mutuel | mutual |
| 4 | Latin | mūtuus | borrowed, lent |
| 5 | Latin | muto | I move, remove; I alter, change, modify,... |
| 6 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 7 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |