motto

Polish

noun
Definitions
  • philosophy, motto, watchword, byword
  • (literature) epigraph (literary quotation placed at the beginning of a text)

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian motto (a word, a saying, word) derived from Latin muttum (a mutter, a grunt, mutter).

Origin

Latin

muttum

Gloss

a mutter, a grunt, mutter

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