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· Old English
*mōt
3 English words descend from Old English
*mōt
, most common first.
motley
Comprising greatly varied elements, to the point of incongruity.
moot
Subject to discussion (originally at a moot); arguable, debatable, unsolved or impossible to solve.
mote
A small particle; a speck.