Where does “gros mot” come from?
gros mot (French) comes from French mot, from Middle French mot, from Old French mot, from Medieval Latin mota, from Frankish *mot, from Proto-Germanic *motta, from Proto-Germanic mutô, from Proto-Indo-European (s)mut- — dark, dirty.
gros mot (French): dirty word, swear word
Definitions
- dirty word, swear word
Ancestry of “gros mot”, step by step
gros mot traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French mot
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | mot | word; note, message |
| 2 | Middle French | mot | word |
| 3 | Old French | mot | word; Alternative form of molt |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | mota | a mound, hill; nominative feminine singular of... |
| 5 | Frankish | *mot | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *motta | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | mutô | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)mut- | dark, dirty |
via French gros
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | gros | big, thick, fat; coarse, rough; famous |
| 2 | Old French | gros | big; large |
| 3 | Latin | grossus | coarse, unrefined; young, green, immature; thick,... |
| 4 | Old High German | grōz | big, large, thick; great; large, thick, coarse |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | graut | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | grautaz | coarse, crude; big, large |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰer- | to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines |