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moot

/ˈmuːt/MOOT
/ˈmut/MOOT

Meaningsummon to a meeting

Common meaning: open to discussion or of no practical significance

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√MAN‘remain’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 260, p. 739 · scan
  2. Old EnglishmétsourceB&T
  3. Middle Englishmoresource
  4. Englishmoot‘open to discussion or of no practical significance’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old English mét ‘summon to a meeting’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry MOOT, p. 377 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • mét Old English “summon to a meeting”

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