Where does “mootness” come from?
mootness (English) comes from English moot, from English mutual, from Middle French mutuel, from Latin mūtuus, from Latin muto, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
mootness (English): The state or condition of being moot
Definitions
- The state or condition of being moot
Ancestry of “mootness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | moot | Subject to discussion ; arguable, debatable,... |
| 2 | English | mutual | Having the same relationship, each to each other;... |
| 3 | Middle French | mutuel | mutual |
| 4 | Latin | mūtuus | — |
| 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 |