Where does “motî” come from?
motî (Walloon) comes from Walloon i, from Vulgar Latin illi, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.
motî (Walloon): dictionary
Ancestry of “motî”, step by step
motî traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Walloon i
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Walloon | i | he; they |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | illi | inflection of ille:
## nominative masculine... |
| 3 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 4 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |
via Walloon mot
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Walloon | mot | word |
| 2 | Late Latin | muttum | sound; A mutter, a grunt |
| 3 | Latin | muttire | present active infinitive of muttiō; mutter, make... |