Where does “Lamotte” come from?

Lamotte (French) comes from French là, from Italian là, from Spanish la, from Portuguese lá, from German a, from German a-Moll, from Hungarian a, from French à — accusative masculine plural of -us.

Ancestry of “Lamotte”, step by step

Lamotte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchthere; here, present
2Italianthere
3Spanishlafeminine singular definite article; the
4Portuguesethere; used with an adverb phrase to indicate...
5GermanaAlternative form of A; Abbreviation of a-Moll;...
6Germana-MollA-minor
7Hungarianathe; this; that
8Frenchàto; on the, to; at
9Englishavieemulously
10Frenchenviedesire, lust, urge; appetite, craving; envy
11Latininvidiaenvy, grudge, jealousy, prejudice, spite; an...
12Latininvidusenvious; hostile, inimical
13Latin-ussuffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,...
14Old Latin-osaccusative masculine plural of -us

via French motte

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

Words derived from “Lamotte

Every word from Old Latin -os