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motet

Meaninga murmur

Common meaning: a short choral piece

Journey through time

  1. Latinmuttum‘a murmur’source
  2. Old Frenchmeaning shiftsa murmur → a wordmot‘a word’source
  3. Frenchmotetsource
  4. Englishmeaning shiftsa word → a short choral piecemotet‘a short choral piece’ · 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: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Latin muttum ‘a murmur’.

Roots

  • muttum Latin “a mutter, a word”

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