mote
English
/moʊt/, /məʊt/
noun
Definitions
- A small particle; a speck.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English mot inherited from Old English mot (speck, atom, mote, grain of sand, particle).
Origin
Old English
mot
Gloss
speck, atom, mote, grain of sand, particle
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- burgh English
- burghmote English
- dust English
- dustmote English
- moted English
- motelike English
- port English
- portmote English
- shire English
- shiremote English
- swain English
- swainmote English
- wood English
- woodmote English
- keldermot Dutch, Flemish
- moeten Dutch, Flemish
- mot Dutch, Flemish
- motten Dutch, Flemish
- mottenbal Dutch, Flemish
- mottig Dutch, Flemish
- steenmot Dutch, Flemish
- stippelmot Dutch, Flemish
- desmotar Spanish, Castilian
- mota Spanish, Castilian
- mot Old English
- mot Middle English
- moeten Middle Dutch
- motte Middle Dutch
- moet Afrikaans
- muta Tagalog
- muozen Middle High German
- missan Cimbrian
- *muteq Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- motteley xno
- moe Sranan Tongo