moot

English

/muːt/, /ˈmʊt/

adj
Definitions
  • (current in) Subject to discussion (originally at a moot); arguable, debatable, unsolved or impossible to solve.
  • (North America) Being an exercise of thought; academic.
  • (North America) Having no practical impact or relevance.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English moot inherited from Old English mōt inherited from Proto-Germanic *mōtą (an encounter, meeting, assembly) derived from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- (wet, meet, fat, come, drip, encounter, ooze, grease, well-fed, glossy, dripping, approach, be wet).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*meh₂d-

Gloss

wet, meet, fat, come, drip, encounter, ooze, grease, well-fed, glossy, dripping, approach, be wet

Concept
Semantic Field

Sense perception

Ontological Category

Property

Kanji

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