motte
French
noun
Definitions
- motte (mound of earth)
- clod, lump of earth
- block (of butter)
- (colloquial) (pubic) mound, mons veneris
Etymology
Inherited from Old French mote (mound, embankment) derived from Latin mota derived from Frankish *mot derived from Proto-Germanic *mutô.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*mutô