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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchsot—
2Medieval Latinsottusfoolish
3Aramaics(h)otefool

Words derived from “sot”

Every word from Aramaic s(h)ote →Every word from Medieval Latin sottus →Every word from Old French sot →
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