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SOTEnglish (en) · Unnumbered etymologySource text
Acronym of sound on tape.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗sotEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
From Middle English sot, from Old English sot, sott (“foolish, stupid”), from Medieval Latin sottus (“foolish”), of obscure origin and relation. Possibly an expressive interjection, similar to French zut! (“damn it!”). Compare Middle Low German sot (“insane, foolish, stupid”), Middle Dutch sot ("foolish, absurd, stupid"; > modern Dutch zot), French sot (“stupid, foolish, goofy”).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗sotEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
From Middle English sotten, from the adjective (see above).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗sotEnglish (en) · Etymology 3Source text
Compare sod (vulgar interjection).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗sotEnglish (en) · Etymology 4Source text
From Cantonese short (sot¹, “crazy”), itself a clipping of English short circuit.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗sotEnglish (en) · Etymology 5Source text
Analogically formed on the model of get:got by those who use either git (“get”) or set (“sit”).
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