Etymology Explorer
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Where does “sot” come from?
sot (Old French) comes from Medieval Latin sottus, from Aramaic s(h)ote — fool.
Ancestry of “sot”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Medieval Latin
sottus
foolish
2
Aramaic
s(h)ote
fool
Words derived from “sot”
sot
besotted
sottish
sottishness
besot
besotting
besottedly
besottedness
sottishly
sottisier
unbesotted
sot
sot
asoter
sot
sott
sot
zot
sote
assoten
asoten
sotten
sotliche
sottise
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