Where does “motettiste” come from?

motettiste (French) comes from French motet, 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 — dark, dirty.

motettiste (French): motettist (motet composer)

Definitions

  1. motettist (motet composer)

Ancestry of “motettiste”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmotetmotet
2Frenchmotword; note, message
3Middle Frenchmotword
4Old Frenchmotword; Alternative form of molt
5Medieval Latinmotaa mound, hill; nominative feminine singular of...
6Frankish*mot—
7Proto-Germanic*motta—
8Proto-Germanicmutô—
9Proto-Indo-European(s)mut-dark, dirty
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