Where does “motey” come from?
motey (English) comes from English mote, from English motte, from French motte, from Old French mote, from Medieval Latin mota, from Frankish *mot, from Proto-Germanic *motta, from Proto-Germanic mutô — dark, dirty.
motey (English): Full of motes
Definitions
- Full of motes
Ancestry of “motey”, step by step
motey traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English mote
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | mote | A small particle; a speck; May or might; Must |
| 2 | English | motte | A raised earth mound, often topped with a wooden... |
| 3 | French | motte | motte; clod, lump of earth; block |
| 4 | Old French | mote | mound, embankment |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | mota | a mound, hill; nominative feminine singular of... |
| 6 | Frankish | *mot | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | *motta | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | mutô | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)mut- | dark, dirty |
via English Y
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Y | A figure or mark in the shape of the letter Y; A... |
| 2 | English | yuri | A narrative or visual work featuring a romance or... |
| 3 | Japanese | 百合 | lily |
| 4 | Japanese | 連用形 | an inflectional category: the continuative or... |
| 5 | Japanese | 見る | to see, to watch, to observe, to look at... |
| 6 | Japanese | 夢 | a dream; a vision; leaving reality to the state... |
| 7 | Old Japanese | 夢 | a dream |
| 8 | Japanese | 目 | an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger... |
| 9 | Middle Chinese | 目 | — |