Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗A moot court. · A system of arbitration in many areas of Africa in which the primary goal is to settle a dispute and reintegrate adversaries into society rather than assess penalties. · A gathering of Rovers, usually in the form of a camp lasting two weeks. · A social gathering of pagans, normally held in a public house.
Subject to discussion (originally at a moot); arguable, debatable, unsolved or impossible to solve. · Being an exercise of thought; academic. · Having no practical consequence or relevance.
From Middle English mōt, ȝemōt, from Old English *mōt, ġemōt (“meeting”), from Proto-Germanic *mōtą, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- (“to encounter, come”). Cognate with Scots mut, mote (“meeting, assembly”), Low German Mööt (“meeting”), Moot (“meeting”), archaic Dutch (ge)moet (“meeting”), Danish møde (“meeting”), Swedish möte (“meeting”), Norwegian møte (“meeting”), Icelandic mót (“meeting, tournament, meet”). Related to meet. The adjective derives from the noun.
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Root classification mention*meh₂d-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionmōtenm
- Inherited-form mention*mōtang
- Inherited-form mention*mōtągem-pro
- Derivation mention*meh₂d-ine-pro · to encounter, come
- Cognate mentionmutsco
- Cognate mentionMöötnds
- Cognate mentionmødeda
- Cognate mentionmötesv
- Cognate mentionmøteno
- Cognate mentionmótis
This page abbreviates 2 auxiliary source items. The etymology narrative is not shortened. Omission counts are available in the audit fields below; consult the original for complete auxiliary material.
Inspect preserved source fields
Raw extraction fields are retained for auditing. Their order does not establish ancestry.
{
"templates": [
{
"name": "root",
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*meh₂d-",
"id": "meet"
},
"expansion": ""
},
{
"name": "inh",
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "mōt"
},
"expansion": "Middle English mōt"
},
{
"name": "inh",
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "*mōt"
},
"expansion": "Old English *mōt"
},
{
"name": "inh",
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*mōtą"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *mōtą"
},
{
"name": "der",
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*meh₂d-",
"id": "meet",
"t": "to encounter, come"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- (“to encounter, come”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "mut"
},
"expansion": "Scots mut"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "nds",
"2": "Mööt",
"3": "",
"4": "meeting"
},
"expansion": "Low German Mööt (“meeting”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "møde",
"3": "",
"4": "meeting"
},
"expansion": "Danish møde (“meeting”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "möte",
"3": "",
"4": "meeting"
},
"expansion": "Swedish möte (“meeting”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "no",
"2": "møte",
"3": "",
"4": "meeting"
},
"expansion": "Norwegian møte (“meeting”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "is",
"2": "mót",
"3": "",
"4": "meeting, tournament, meet"
},
"expansion": "Icelandic mót (“meeting, tournament, meet”)"
}
],
"links": [
[
"mōt",
"mot#Middle_English"
],
[
"ȝemōt",
"ȝemot#Middle_English"
],
[
"*mōt",
"Reconstruction:Old English/mot"
],
[
"ġemōt",
"gemot#Old_English"
],
[
"*mōtą",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mōtą"
],
[
"*meh₂d-",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/meh₂d-#Proto-Indo-European:_meet"
],
[
"mut",
"mut#Scots"
],
[
"mote",
"mote#Scots"
],
[
"Mööt",
"Mööt#Low_German"
],
[
"Moot",
"Moot#Low_German"
],
[
"(ge)moet",
"moet#Dutch"
],
[
"møde",
"møde#Danish"
],
[
"möte",
"möte#Swedish"
],
[
"møte",
"møte#Norwegian"
],
[
"mót",
"mót#Icelandic"
],
[
"meet",
"meet#English"
]
],
"references": [],
"descendants": [],
"lexical": [
{
"pos": "noun",
"glosses": [
"A moot court.",
"A system of arbitration in many areas of Africa in which the primary goal is to settle a dispute and reintegrate adversaries into society rather than assess penalties.",
"A gathering of Rovers, usually in the form of a camp lasting two weeks.",
"A social gathering of pagans, normally held in a public house."
],
"tags": [],
"recordId": "8db564205ee061cf82558e211a551f07d030c46bba01f79bee2d9fe1e904dc44",
"rawRecordSha256": "b8ab2c313bf04bb54d62e4d63d0cd3e644f7e688ca8ea8061594bdd9add64bea",
"sourceRecordOrdinal": 197108
},
{
"pos": "adj",
"glosses": [
"Subject to discussion (originally at a moot); arguable, debatable, unsolved or impossible to solve.",
"Being an exercise of thought; academic.",
"Having no practical consequence or relevance."
],
"tags": [
"rare",
"Canada",
"US",
"uncommon"
],
"recordId": "ee096f5d9db3b6806c6a556fb041cad052f7d7016dd327ca074cd462e4ccdc5f",
"rawRecordSha256": "51d6700d3b41a2bd18dfa8934e9224fdad9abcc36eb252f6a9dc8e559542f3d1",
"sourceRecordOrdinal": 197107
}
],
"omittedAuxiliaryFields": {
"templates": 0,
"links": 0,
"references": 0,
"descendants": 0,
"lexicalRecords": 0,
"lexicalSenses": 2,
"glosses": 0
}
}