Where does “mot” come from?

mot (Middle English) comes from Old English mōt, from Proto-Germanic mōtą, from Proto-Indo-European meh₂d- — to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,...

mot (Middle English): speck, particle

Definitions

  1. speck, particle

Ancestry of “mot”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishmōt—
2Proto-Germanicmōtąmeeting
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₂d-to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,...

Words derived from “mot”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₂d- →Every word from Proto-Germanic mōtą →Every word from Old English mōt →