Where does “mot” come from?

mot (French) comes 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.

mot (French): word; note, message

Definitions

  1. word; note, message

Ancestry of “mot”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchmotword
2Old Frenchmotword; Alternative form of molt
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 “mot”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)mut- →