Where does “émottage” come from?

émottage (French) comes from French motte, from Old French mote, from Medieval Latin mota, from Frankish *mot, from Proto-Germanic *motta, from Proto-Germanic mutô, from Proto-Indo-European (s)mut- — dark, dirty.

émottage (French): clod crushing, breaking up the soil of a field

Definitions

  1. clod crushing, breaking up the soil of a field

Ancestry of “émottage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmottemotte; clod, lump of earth; block
2Old Frenchmotemound, embankment
3Medieval Latinmotaa mound, hill; nominative feminine singular of...
4Frankish*mot—
5Proto-Germanic*motta—
6Proto-Germanicmutô—
7Proto-Indo-European(s)mut-dark, dirty
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