Where does “mot” come from?

mot (Old French) comes from Medieval Latin mota, from Frankish *mot, from Proto-Germanic *motta, from Proto-Germanic mutô, from Proto-Indo-European (s)mut- — dark, dirty.

mot (Old French): word; Alternative form of molt

Definitions

  1. word; Alternative form of molt

Ancestry of “mot”, step by step

mot traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Medieval Latin mota

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latinmotaa mound, hill; nominative feminine singular of...
2Frankish*mot—
3Proto-Germanic*motta—
4Proto-Germanicmutô—
5Proto-Indo-European(s)mut-dark, dirty

via Late Latin muttum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinmuttumsound; A mutter, a grunt
2Latinmuttirepresent active infinitive of muttiō; mutter, make...

Words derived from “mot”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)mut- →Every word from Proto-Germanic mutô →Every word from Proto-Germanic *motta →