Where does “sot” come from?
sot (Middle Dutch) comes from Old French sot, from Medieval Latin sottus, from Aramaic s(h)ote — fool.
Ancestry of “sot”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | sot | — |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | sottus | foolish |
| 3 | Aramaic | s(h)ote | fool |